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By Steven R. Minor
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Better than a bake sale
Posted on January 07, 2008In the works for this legislative session is a provision that would amend the charter for the City of Martinsville to specify what happens if the City sells something it owns (like, a cable system?) for $10 million to $20 million.
Kentucky Speedway loses anti-trust claim against NASCAR
Posted on January 07, 2008Today in the E.D. Ky., Senior Judge Bertelsman granted NASCAR summary judgment on the anti-trust claims brought by the Kentucky Speedway, LLC., Case No. 05-138, over NASCAR's refusal to let the Kentucky track have a NEXTEL cup race.The Court concluded that "a producer of a product is free under current antitrust laws to select its distributors and to refuse to deal with would-be distributors, no matter how worthy or deserving they may be...
Story of the day
Posted on January 07, 2008The Bristol paper has this story of a boy from Abingdon who enjoyed the Show Us the Cow contest in his final days.
Funky No Child Left Behind ruling from the Sixth Circuit
Posted on January 07, 2008In Pontiac School District, et al. v. Secretary of the United States Dep?t of Educ., a a split panel of the Sixth Circuit let some local school boards off the hook from compliance with the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The majority opinion begins:"This case requires us to decide a fundamental question of federal versus state funding under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (?NCLB? or ?the Act?), 20 U...
Why Hillary Clinton will outlaw the Super Bowl and perhaps the entire month of January
Posted on January 07, 2008If Ms. Clinton could turn the page over to February, I'd say she would have done it by now, this year and many of the years past. What I wonder is why anyone would want her as the candidate, with all the tired old whacky background, mixed in with these Super Bowls -January 26, 1992: Washington Redskins beat Buffalo Bills, 37-24, in Super Bowl XXVI...
Of Miner and Minor
Posted on January 04, 2008After mulling it over for a few years, I have actually ordered a copy of The Minor Family of Virginia, listed on this page.Since this book by John B. Minor was published in 1923, I don't know, however, whether I could use it to prove kinship to the Chicago lawyer named Judson Miner, who according to this article hired Barack Obama to his first job out of law school.
Fourth Circuit affirms denial of post-conviction relief in Winchester death penalty case
Posted on January 04, 2008In Bell v. Kelly, the Fourth Circuit in a 19 page opinion by Judge Shedd, joined by Judges Niemeyer and Duncan, affirmed the decision by Chief Judge Jones of the W.D. Va. to deny the petition for habeas corpus of Edward N. Bell, who was sentenced to death in state court for the murder of a Winchester police sergeant in 1999.
The legendary D'Antoni
Posted on January 03, 2008From the Arizona Republic, here is a delightful profile of Lewis D'Antoni, still living in West Virginia at age 94, the father of the head coach (and assistant coach) of the Phoenix Suns.The article says in part:"Lewis D'Antoni, who turned 94 on New Year's Eve, is a legend in this small coal-mining town nestled among the Appalachians...
On Judge Wood
Posted on January 03, 2008The Staunton paper has this report on the retirement of Augusta County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wood, a good man and good judge, to my observation.
Last week's Virginia Court of Appeals opinion on questions presented
Posted on January 03, 2008The en banc opinion in Moore v. Com. is about the appellant's lawyer citing the wrong legal standard in stating the questions presented under Rule 5A:12, and thereby failing to present a question using the right legal standard, with the result that the case was booted without a decision on the merits...
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It is customary to submit a two weeks notice--it is not a legal requirement to d...
I am a 58 year old mentally disabled person. My neighbor is a 26 year old man who has been harassing me and my husband for 6 months. What can I do?
In most areas, this man's behaviour, when it involves direct confrontations...
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I would like to recommend a new entrant named hentive. They are offering some of...
How do I find out if the state of virginia is selling sex offender Email Addresses to social net working sites.
KnowBrainers is a social question & answer community that saves you time, le...
Is it libel to write blog posts and/or online reviews about a local business that defames one's reputation?
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