Let’s Twist Again, Like We Did Last Summer! One Published Decision Today from the Court of Ap
The Court of Appeals released one published decision today, but not in an appeal. Rather, the Court under took to review a writ of...
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Jun 22, 20227 min read
Three New Appellate Judges for Virginia
The Virginia General Assembly on Friday elected two judges as new justices on the Supreme Court of Virginia. Virginia Court of Appeals...
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Jun 19, 20222 min read
Statistics for the First Quarter of 2022
A few days ago I posted statistics for the first month of filings in the “new” Court of Appeals. This evening I entered the remaining...
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Jun 17, 20223 min read
A Fortunate Young Lady is not on Life-Support, but Chivalry Probably Is . . . and a 2-1 Decision in
The Court of Appeals gives us two published opinions today, both in criminal cases and with predictable results, though the latter may be...
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Jun 15, 20224 min read
Statistics for the First Month of 2022
The Court of Appeals entered a new era on January 1, 2022 as it became the primary appellate court for the Commonwealth and began...
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Jun 14, 20222 min read
Choosing Your Words with Clients Carefully — “Justice” is a Two-Edged Sword
Time for another patented rant. When talking to your clients, you always need to be careful with the words you choose, of course. But...
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Jun 14, 20223 min read
Just One Published Decision Today — an En Banc Order — And It’s a Humdinger!
If like me, dear reader, you await the Tuesday missive’s from the Court of Appeals announcing new opinions to peruse, you, like, me were...
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Jun 8, 20226 min read
Another Ho Hum Opinion with a Very Long Hummmmmmmmm . . . and I wax semi-eloquent on the role of And
The Court of Appeals issued one published opinion today and, if it lacks the automatic snooze factor of last week’s administrative law...
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Jun 1, 20226 min read