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COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Russell, Lorish and Senior Judge Annunziata PUBLISHED Argued by videoconference JACQUES LAMAR WALKER OPINION BY v. Record No. 1211-20-4 JUDGE WESLEY G. RUSSELL, JR.

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge: The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission appeals from a judgment awarding damages to a former employee, Gloria Dennis Cox, who had been discharged without a hearing. Mrs. Cox cross-appeals, .alleging that the court erred in denying her motion to amend her complaint so that she could also recover punitive damages and in denying her motion for attorney’s fees. We affirm that part of the judgment wh

JONES, Circuit Judge. In 1953 the appellant, 1 then a Florida resident, was adjudicated incompetent and restored a few months later. The appellee bank was the guardian of her property during her incompetency. Shortly after her restoration, she re-entered a mental hospital i

WISDOM, Circuit Judge. This appeal involves important issues relating to a state statute regulating corporate takeovers through tender offers. The plaintiff-appellee is Great Western United Corporation (Great Western), a publicly owned Delaware corporation.with its major executive offices located in Dallas, Texas. The principal officers, all directors, and the controlling shareholders of Great Western

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff-appellant Marc Andrew Mario appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Richard J. Arcara, Judge) dismissing his complaint against his employer, defendant-appellee P & C Food Markets, Inc. (“P & C”). Mario alleged that P & C had unlawfully

Justice KELSEY, dissenting. The majority holds that a trial judge, not a jury, must determine whether an insurer committed a bad-faith breach of contract justifying an award of attorney's fees under Code § 38.2-209(A). I recognize the well-worn path taken by the majority, but I cannot follow. The specific legal question presented by this case, while seemingly narrow, touches on far broader issues-and the answer given

MEMORANDUM OPINION T.S. ELLIS, III, District Judge. A1 issue in this diversity suit to invalidate an inter vivos trust is whether the judicially-created probate exception to federal courts’ “virtually unflagging obligation ... to exercise the jurisdiction given them”1 operates to require dismissal of this suit. It does not. By Order dated March 5, 2013, dismissal

PRESENT: All the Justices TERRY ANTONIO WHITE OPINION BY v. Record No. 210168 JUSTICE D. ARTHUR KELSEY OCTOBER 14, 2021 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UPON A QUESTION OF LAW CERTIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT The United States Court of Appeals for th

787 F.Supp.2d 1287 (2011) Sheryl HARVEY, Plaintiff, v. STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. Case No. 4:10-CV-3230-VEH. United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Middle Division. May 25, 2011. Myron K. Allenstein, Rose Marie Allenstein, Allenstein & Associates, LLC, Gadsden, AL, for Plaintiff. *1288 Briana M. Montmi

551 F.2d 555 Gloria Dennis COX, Appellee,v.NORTHERN VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, Appellant,andJoseph Alexander et al., Defendants.Gloria Dennis COX, Appellant,v.NORTHERN VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION et al., Appellees. Nos. 75-2035, 75-2036. United States Court of Appeals,Fourth Circuit. Argued June 8, 1976.Decided Nov. 4, 1976

354 B.R. 242 (2006) In re Robert Allen FETTER, Debtor. John L. Swartz, Trustee, Plaintiff, v. Robert Allen Fetter and Linda J. Hart, Defendants. Bankruptcy No. 05-73656, Adversary No. 06-7144. United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. Illinois. October 12, 2006. *243 Steven C. Mills, Springfield, IL, for Debtor. John L. Swa

741 F.Supp.2d 756 (2010) Katrina VAN VALEN, Plaintiff, v. EMPLOYEE WELFARE BENEFITS COMMITTEE NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION, Defendant. Civil No. 3:09cv00070. United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Charlottesville Division. October 6, 2010. *757 Dexter Brock Green, Jones & Green, Charlottesville, VA, for Plaintiff. <

ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT BETH BLOOM, District Judge. THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon the Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. [34] (the “Motion”), filed by Defendant B & R Supermarket, Inc. (“Defendant”). This action arises under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. (“FLSA”). Plaintiff Dolly Pretty Calvo (“Plaintiff’) alleges that Defendant faile

NORMAN K. MOON, SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Congress enacted the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or *666ERISA, to protect employees and the benefit plans employers create for them. Congress did this by imposing high standards of fiduciary duty on plan administrators and banning certain types of transactions with "intere

514 F.3d 315 (2008) Brenda EVANS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EATON CORPORATION LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN, Defendant-Appellant. No. 06-2252. United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Argued: November 1, 2007. Decided: January 8, 2008. *316 *317 ARGUED: Jeffrey David Zimon, Be

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued October 15, 2025 Decided May 26, 2026 No. 24-1360 VERMONT INFORMATION PROCESSING, INC., PETITIONER v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, RESPONDENT CHRISTOPHER BENDEL, ET AL., INTERVENORS Consolidated with 24-1375

704 F.Supp.2d 921 (2010) Kristin M. PERRY, Sandra B. Stier, Paul T. Katami and Jeffrey J. Zarrillo, Plaintiffs, City and County of San Francisco, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. Arnold SCHWARZENEGGER, in his official capacity as Governor of California; Edmund G. Brown Jr., in his official capacity as Attorney General of California; Mark B. Horton, in his official capacity as Director of the California Department of Public Health and State Registrar

956 F.Supp. 883 (1997) CALIFORNIA FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION and Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter, Plaintiffs, v. Arthur CALDERON, Warden of San Quentin State Prison and James H. Gomez, Director of the California Department of Corrections, Defendants. No. C-96-1291-VRW. United States District Court, N.D. California. February 28, 1997.

AMBRO, Circuit Judge, concurring in denial of the petition for rehearing en bane. I vote to deny rehearing en banc because I believe the panel decision correctly applies Mertens v. Hewitt Assocs., 508 U.S. 248, 256, 113 S.Ct. 2063, 124 L.Ed.2d 161 (1993); Varity Corp. v. Howe, 516 U.S. 489, 515, 116 S.Ct. 1065, 134 L.Ed.2d 130 (1996); and Great-West Life & Annuity Ins. Co

612 F.Supp.2d 1099 (2009) Bettie M. HARRISON, an individual, Plaintiff, v. CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST GROUP LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN; Unum Life Insurance Company of America, a Maine Corporation, and Does 1 through 100, inclusive, Defendants. No. CV 07-3544 SVW(JWJX). United States District Court, C.D. California. January 8, 2009. Order Amending Opinion January 2