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","case_number":"01-2098","citation":"288 F.3d 584","date":"2002-04-29","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/777476\/southern-blasting-services-incorporated-v-wilkes-county-north-carolina\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. 288 F.3d 584 .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit"},"8":{"name":"Fadely v. Commonwealth","case_number":"Record 6482","citation":"208 Va. 198","date":"1967-09-08","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/1351294\/fadely-v-commonwealth\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. 208 Va. 198 (1967) .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Supreme Court of Virginia\">SCV<\/abbr>"},"9":{"name":"David Verner Tousley v. North American Van Lines, Inc.","case_number":"84-1226","citation":"752 F.2d 96","date":"1985-01-10","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/446556\/david-verner-tousley-v-north-american-van-lines-inc\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. *99 .\u202f.\u202f. 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