Although statutes prohibiting firearm sales by federal firearms licensees to persons under 21 were challenged as a violation of both Second and Fifth Amendment rights, the statutes are facially valid and survived an as-applied challenge under intermediate scrutiny. Background Plaintiffs ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the employer showed its former employee breached a contract and tortuously interfered with the employer’s business expectancy, the employer prevailed on these claims. A jury will decide damages. Background This case involves claims by TechINT Solutions Group LLC against ...

Tagged with: Commercial Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Although a defendant challenged charges for allegedly smuggling contraband into the Roanoke City Jail, including that the facility fell outside the scope of the criminal statute, there was nothing inherently vague about the statute that would lead to arbitrary enforcement or ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a woman sued medical personnel who treated her after a suicide attempt seeking to enjoin future treatment, her claim for injunctive relief was speculative and the University of Virginia Medical Center was granted judgment. Her claim, which came one ...

Tagged with: Judge Norman K. Moon Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

Where defendants objected to the application of advisory sentencing guidelines for “ice” methamphetamine, a high purity drug, instead of guidelines for mixtures that are less pure, the government successfully provided evidence that the conspiracy centered on ice methamphetamine. Background In ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

Although the single-vendor policy of the Virginia Department of Corrections substantially burdened the prisoner’s exercise of his religion by restricting the vendors from whom he could buy prayer oils, the policy served compelling interests in maintaining prison security and efficiency, ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Joel Hoppe U.S. District Court - Western District

Although an adult detention center violated the First Amendment and due process rights of Prison Legal News by implementing a policy that prohibited prisoners from receiving books or magazines from PLN, the publisher was awarded only a fraction of its ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where an employee sufficiently alleged she was underpaid because of her age and that her compensation for teaching certain classes was reduced after she complained to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the school board’s motion to dismiss discrimination and retaliation ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a former employee of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles sought over $1.8 million in fees and costs, the magistrate judge reduced the amount to approximately $938,000. The parties then reached a settlement on the amount of fees, costs ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a new company was not a mere continuation of a prior company, and did not engage in a de facto merger with that prior company, the new entity was not liable for the prior one’s failure to meet payment ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District