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Virginia General Assembly approves state-level Voting Rights Act

JURIST

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.

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Decedent’s personal injury settlement did not become wrongful death proceeds after his death.

Day on Torts

Before his death, decedent filed suit for personal injury and loss of consortium in West Virginia. The Court explained: Here, Decedent brought suit in West Virginia for personal injury and loss of consortium. Decedent was, obviously, still living at the time of his reaching a settlement in the West Virginia litigation. …

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Supreme Court Upholds Corporate Personal Jurisdiction Laws

Constitutional Law Reporter

Facts of the Case Robert Mallory worked for Norfolk Southern as a freight-car mechanic for nearly 20 years, first in Ohio, then in Virginia. After he left the company, Mallory moved to Pennsylvania for a period before returning to Virginia. Along the way he was diagnosed with cancer.

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Preemption, Bivens, conflicts of interest, and free exercise

SCOTUSBlog

The district court dismissed the claims against Egbert, noting that causes of action under Bivens v. But a panel of the 9th Circuit reversed, holding that Bivens actions are available for such claims against Border Patrol officers. City of Fredericksburg, Virginia , 21-164. relisted after the Oct. 29 conference).

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Nunes Defamation Case Against CNN Dismissed On Procedural Challenge

JonathanTurley

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.

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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

SCOTUSBlog

Issue : Whether a court may deny a plaintiff with an antitrust injury proximately caused by a defendant’s antitrust violation a Clayton Act cause of action based on a multifactor, prudential balancing test of “antitrust standing.”. Disclosure : Goldstein & Russell, P.C., O’Donnell & Sons, Inc.

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U.S. Supreme Court Renders Personal Jurisdiction Decision

Conflict of Laws

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.

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