Panel Rules Virginia Assault Weapons Ban Lawsuits Will Proceed Separately

Judges refuse to combine Virginia assault weapons ban lawsuits

A three-judge panel in Charlottesville decided Monday that the individual lawsuits against Virginia's new assault weapons ban will not be combined into a single case.

Panel rules Virginia assault weapons ban lawsuits will proceed separately

A three-judge panel in Charlottesville ruled that four lawsuits challenging the assault-style weapons ban will move forward separately.

Virginia Judges Reject Bid To Combine Gun-Ban Lawsuits

A Virginia judicial panel denied the Commonwealth’s attempt to centralize four lawsuits challenging the state’s new gun-control laws. img Duncan Johnson Virginia’s attempt to consolidate four separate challenges to its new gun-control laws into a single courtroom has failed. A judicial panel denied the Commonwealth’s application to transfer Santolla v Katz, Crump v Katz, Curtis v Katz, and Black v Hook into a single proceeding, finding that the …

Three-judge panel declines to consolidate gun lawsuits

by Brandon Jarvis The three-judge panel formed by the Virginia Supreme Court declined to consolidate the lawsuits challenging the assault weapons ban in Virginia. “Separate cases have already presented arguments and declarations on the issue of whether a preliminary injunction should be granted in the various jurisdictions where the cases are filed,” the ruling from the panel states. “Further the courts have ruled on those preliminary injunction…