BREAKING: Richmond Circuit Court Judge grants injunction in @LevarStoney confederate monument removal case.
He cannot,” Herring's brief said.Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney last week announced plans to seek the removal of the other Confederate monuments on the avenue, including statues of Confederate Gens. RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The fate of Richmond’s Robert E. Lee statue could be sealed Thursday, as a judge is expected to hear arguments in two cases challenging Gov. Ralph Northam from removing a 21-foot-tall statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has been indefinitely extended, a Richmond judge ruled Thursday. Cavedo said that just like every Virginian, the plaintiff is a “part owner of the monument.” Joseph E. Blackburn, with the Richmond-based firm Blackburn, Conte, Schilling & Click, argued on behalf of William Gregory, citing the 1889 deed along with an 1890 state law that he said “guaranteed” the commonwealth would take care of the statue in perpetuity. But Virginia Solicitor General Toby Heytens said the moment the case is not a matter of contract law, but rather property law, because it is based on a deed. A judge in Richmond has issued an injunction preventing Virginia Gov. The lawsuit argues the state agreed to “faithfully guard” and “affectionately protect” the monument.The Lee statue is one of five Confederate monuments along Monument Avenue, a National Historic Landmark district. City can’t remove any more for 60 days. The Lee statue, and the three other monuments to Confederate leaders, are covered in spray-painted graffiti, something James said shouldn’t be happening. “That statue has been there for a long time. American. RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Gov. “It doesn’t represent black people, it only represents white people – it’s not even all people.” “It needs to be removed,” he said. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. Ralph Northam’s administration from removing an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee for 10 days. A judge in Richmond has issued an injunction preventing Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s order to take down Richmond’s Robert E. Lee statue has come to a halt. RICHMOND, Va. -- A Richmond judge has ordered a 60-day injunction preventing the removal of additional Confederate monuments in Richmond. RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - A Richmond Circuit Court Judge indefinitely extended an injunction preventing the removal of Robert E. Lee statue from Monument Avenue. Along with the motion to dissolve the injunction, Herring also filed a brief Monday defending the decision to remove the Confederate statue from Richmond’s Monument Avenue. Stonewall Jackson and J.E.B. State Attorney Gen. Mark Herring has asked the court to dissolve an existing injunction barring the removal of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmond's historic Monument … Plans to remove the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond have been caught up in court. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inboxToday's revolutionary becomes tomorrow's counter-revolutionary because you can never satisfy the mob, says Victor Davis Hanson, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.Virginia’s Department of General Services said in a statement that it plans to remove the statue of the Confederate general as soon as possible. But work is … Stuart.