High court rejects Confederate flag appeal (VA)
John Crane 3 hrs ago
... The court announced that it will not hear an appeal of a local judges decision that upheld Danvilles removal of the Third National Confederate flag from a monument on the grounds of the Sutherlin Mansion.
The Heritage Preservation Association which requested that the court hear its appeal will file a petition for a rehearing, HPAs attorney, Kevin Martingayle, said Monday afternoon following the decision. The petition will be circulated among the seven-member courts remaining four members who did not hear the initial argument, Martingayle said ...
The HPA has two weeks to file its petition.
In rejecting the appeal, the three-judge panel said it found no reversible error in the judgment of Danville Circuit Court Judge James J. Reynolds, who in October dismissed a lawsuit against the city filed by the HPA and others ...
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