Notable Cases
The Eastern District of Virginia has handled many notable cases, including:
- United States v. Zacarias Moussaoui, No. 01-455-A (E.D. Va.)
- United States v. Ahmed Omar Abu Ali
- United States v. Masoud Khan, et al., No. 03-296-A (E.D. Va.)
- United States v. Jay Lentz, No. 01-150-A (E.D. Va.)
- United States v. John Walker Lindh, No. 02-37-A (E.D. Va.)
- Yaser Hamdi v. Donald Rumsfeld, No. 02-439 (E.D. Va.)
- United States v. Michael Vick, No. 3:07CR274 (E.D. Va) (the Bad Newz Kennels dogfighting case)
- eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C., 271 F. Supp. 2d 789 (E.D. Va. 2002) (in which the court took the position, eventually upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, that a prevailing plaintiff in a patent suit is not necessarily entitled to injunctive relief)
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