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The Southern District of West Virginia offers a database of opinions starting in the year 2001, listed by year and judge. For a more detailed search, enter the keyword or case number in the search to the right or sort using the drop-downs below.

2:02-cv-00241

Memorandum Opinion and Order

Pending is Petitioners’ Application for Confirmation of Arbitrator’s Award.  The Court GRANTS the Application.

Author:
Charles H. Haden II
2:95-cv-00097

Memorandum Opinion and Order

Pending is the parties’ briefing with respect to the applicability of Apprendi v. New Jersey , 530 U.S. 466 (2000) to certain potential penalties faced by Defendant in the midst of a petition to revoke his supervised release for the second time.

Author:
Charles H. Haden II
5:02-cr-00027

Memorandum Opinion and Order

On May 2, 2002 the Court heard evidence on Defendant’s motion to suppress.  As set forth below, the Court DENIES the motion.

Author:
Charles H. Haden II
2:00-cv-00896

Memorandum Opinion and Order

Prior to removal, Plaintiff Donna Miller, in her individual and representative capacity, filed a seven hundred (700) page packet of material containing the briefing, record, and hearing transcript relating to the motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction asserted by Defendant SMS Scholemann-Siemag Inc. (SMS) in state court.

Author:
Charles H. Haden II
2:01-cv-00770

Memorandum Opinion and Order

Pending are cross motions for summary judgment by Plaintiff Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Inc. (KFTC), Defendant officers of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), and Intervenor-Defendants on Count One.

Author:
Charles H. Haden II
2:02-cv-00062

Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration

Pending is Plaintiffs' motion for reconsideration of the Court's Memorandum Opinion and Transfer Order of March 26, 2002, which transferred this action to the Eastern District of Missouri. Plaintiffs object the Court failed to give appropriate deference to Plaintiffs under the first-filed rule. Defendants did not respond timely to the motion, which now is ripe for disposition.

Author:
Charles H. Haden II
3:99-cv-00458

Order

Now pending is defendant Alcon Laboratories, Inc.’s motion for leave to subpoena the Honorable Robert C. Chambers.  For reasons discussed below, the motion is DENIED.

Author:
Joseph R. Goodwin
3:00-cv-00582

Order

Now pending is the United States’s (1) Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction; or in the Alternative, Motion for Summary Judgment; (2) Motion to Preclude the Expert Testimony of John Deck, III; and (3) Motion to Strike John Deck’s Report.  For the reasons discussed below, the court DENIES the United States’s Motion to Dismiss, and GRANTS the Motion for Summary Judgment.  The court DENIES the United States’s Motion to Preclude Expert Testimony and Motion to Strike as moot.

Author:
Joseph R. Goodwin
2:02-cr-00010

Memorandum Opinion and Order
Denying Motion to Require Election

Pending is Defendant’s motion to require election and for a bill of particulars.  For reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES both demands of the motion.

Author:
Charles H. Haden II
3:00-cv-00009

Memorandum Opinion and Order

Pending before the Court is the government’s motion to amend its answer.  For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS the motion.

Author:
Robert J. Staker

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