A pivotal legal moment is before the Essex County Circuit Court: Does the community that built St. Margaret’s School get its day in court or does the organization that controls it get to walk away unchallenged?
Judge John Martin has indicated he will issue a written decision by April 20, following the April 7 hearing on a motion filed by the Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia (CSDV) asking the court to dismiss the lawsuit before it even begins. A ruling for the plaintiffs means the case moves forward with a tentative court hearing date of April 29. A ruling in favor of CSDV means dismissal, and the campus sale could proceed unchallenged.
In the courtroom, CSDV’s attorney argued that the organization has the legal authority to “do whatever it wants” with St. Margaret’s, claiming that CSDV and the school are legally “one and the same.”
To illustrate this point, he drew a comparison to Coca-Cola’s 2020 decision to discontinue Northern Neck Ginger Ale, a regionally beloved beverage that was bottled near St. Margaret’s. The attorney argued that just as Coca-Cola was legally entitled…
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