In this post a few weeks ago, I report on an interesting tussle over low-level marijuana prosecutions in Norfolk, Virginia under the post title “Can judges, legally or functionally, actually refuse to allow a prosecutor to drop or dismiss charges
Can judges, legally or functionally, actually refuse to allow a prosecutor to drop or dismiss charges as an exercise of discretion?
The question in the title of this post is prompted by an interesting on-going story out of Norfolk, Virginia which I have blogged about over here at my marijuana blog. This recent local article reports on these particulars:
The judges
Update: Tropical Smoothie Hepatitis A Outbreak
Beginning in September 2016, several states, CDC, and the FDA investigated a multistate outbreak of foodborne hepatitis A. Epidemiologic and traceback evidence indicate that frozen strawberries imported from Egypt are the likely source of this outbreak. Although no discovery has
RLUIPA Round-Up: Happy Cyber Monday
Guest Post by Derek Valentine
Take a break from the sales and give the Round-Up a read:
- ABC Channel 9 in Sioux City reports on a US Justice Department inquiry into the proposed siting of Our Savior Lutheran Church in
Is Your Practice Local or Broader Geographically ?
As you likely know, in 1978 I began to focus on representing highway and bridge contractors. Back then, I quickly determined is there was not enough work or contractors located in the Roanoke Valley, or Southwest Virginia to keep me
Fourth Circuit Reverses Earlier Decision Regarding Norfolk, Va. Sign Code
In Central Radio, Inc. v. City of Norfolk, a case that was caught up in the maelstrom surrounding the Supreme Court’s decision in Reed, the Fourth Circuit reversed its previous decision upholding the Norfolk, Virginia sign code, finding
SCOTUS Grants Cert in Eminent Domain Sign Case
While everyone was rightly focused on the flurry of historic decisions at the end of the Supreme Court term (including the raisins takings case, my personal favorite) the court also granted cert in an interesting sign regulation case that, until
An Update on the Law of Signs
Over at Volokh Conspiracy, Eugene Volokh walks through a recent Fourth Circuit case on signs, Central Radio Co. v. City of Norfolk. The court held that a sign law that exempts governmental and religious emblems (as well as “works
Ignore objectors at your peril, developer told by court
A recent High Court judgment reminds developers of the danger of ignoring planning objections, even those from seemingly unthreatening third parties.
Gloucestershire renewables firm Ecotricity, famous not only for the marital complications of its former-hippie founder, Dale Vince, is also
4th Cir OK’s City’s Sign Ordinance: You Can “Whisper” Your Anti-Eminent Domain Message, But You Can’t “Shout” It
In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit concluded that Norfolk, Virginia’s sign ordinance did not violate the First Amendment, when it was applied to bar the anti-eminent domain banner shown above. Central Radio
