Cause of Action Legal Virginia 
JURIST
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
The Virginia General Assembly on Thursday approved a comprehensive state-level Voting Rights Act by a 21-18 vote in the state senate. It prohibits any sort of voting practice or procedure that would cause the denial or abridgment of the right to vote to any person based on race, color, or membership in a minority language group.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 11, 2024
For example, at least 7 townships in Michigan and 4 counties in Virginia prohibit or substantially restrict solar development on agricultural land. All of these federal lawsuits include claims that the agencies approving the projects violated the National Environmental Policy Act, among other federal causes of action.
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SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Talevski’s wife and legal guardian brought a Section 1983 action on his behalf against VCR, HHC, and other entities, alleging violations of his FNHRA rights. The district court dismissed the action, but the U.S. HHC frames this case within the court’s broader rejection of judicially implied rights of action.
Conflict of Laws
JUNE 28, 2023
The Case Robert Mallory worked for Norfolk Southern for nearly twenty years in Ohio and Virginia. He has since been diagnosed with cancer, which he alleges was caused by the hazardous materials to which he was exposed while in Norfolk Southern’s employ. Norfolk Southern contested personal jurisdiction.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Ergon-West Virginia, Inc. The Second Circuit agreed with the district court that the plaintiff lacked standing because he failed to allege an injury in fact since he “never explained why he had any legal right to have the document distributed.” EPA’s brief is due December 15. 19-2128 (4th Cir. Williams , No. 20-127 (2d Cir.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain issued a ruling in New York to apply Virginia’s choice of law standard that in turn applied California’s defamation laws. Nunes did not ask for such a correction under California law because he filed in Virginia. It was a cascading deconstruction of the lawsuit. Jones , 370 F.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 20, 2024
Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit held that as a former employee, Stanley lacked a cause of action under the ADA. 23-900 Issue: Whether an award of the “defendant’s profits” under the Lanham Act can include an order for the defendant to disgorge the distinct profits of legally separate non-party corporate affiliates.
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