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Lawsuits that challenged the authority of two Virginia homeowners’ associations have been thrown out of court since the latest edition of the Business Law Bulletin of Virginia went to press.
The winners are property owner groups in both the large-scale gated community of Lake Holiday in Frederick County and the small Dogwood Valley subdivision in Greene […]

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A soldier who prevailed in a dispute with his Arlington landlord won a significant victory for members of the armed forces in Virginia.
According to a news release from the George Mason University School of Law, the soldier was ordered to move to military quarters, but his private landlord was not cooperative when the solder sought […]

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Add Front Royal to the list of Virginia localities where the Board of Zoning Appeals was accused of being too generous. Warren County Circuit Judge Dennis L. Hupp this week nullified a 2-year-old variance that would have allowed a tall addition to the Afton Inn in Front Royal, as reported by the Northern Virginia Daily.   The problem […]

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A Fluvanna County developer who wanted to try a new sewage treatment system for a cluster development took his case to court after being shut down by a tie vote of the county’s board of supervisors. Judge Paul M. Peatross Jr. declared that the denied special use permit was unnecessary, according to the Charlottesville […]

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A well-known Christiansburg developer apparently is among the victims of a lawyer accused of providing clients with phony legal documents. The developer, Roger Woody, claimed that he had an easement allowing him to drive dump trucks through the middle of a shopping center parking lot. The shopping center owners filed suit, asking the […]

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A would-be homebuyer changed his mind after signing a contract to buy a house for $650,000. The seller sued and won a judgment equal to what he lost: the reduction in sale price caused by the downturn in the market. The Roanoke Times has the story on the verdict from a Bedford County jury.

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