The NCAA will have its Final Four in a few weeks . . . here is the Appellate Lawyer's Blog's Final Four of the Opinions Backlog
March 12, 2024 saw four published opinions from the Court of Appeals, and as no published opinions where handed down this week, we have...
John S. Koehler
Mar 25, 20247 min read
Some High Powered Appellate Attorneys were Involved in the one Published Decision Handed Down on March 5, 2024
There was only one published decision from the Court of Appeals on March 5, 2024, but Dennis Christopher Howard v. Sheriff Roger L....
John S. Koehler
Mar 24, 20242 min read
Taking a break from issuing criminal decisions the prior week, the Court of Appeals issued three new published three criminal opinions along with a zoning case on February 27, 2024
Before getting to the opinions released on February 27, 2024, a brief note about Terence Jerome Richardson, s/k/a Terrence Jerome...
John S. Koehler
Mar 24, 20246 min read
Court of Appeals Upholds Sanctions Against Attorney who Filed Suit Against her Opponent in a Primary race for the Commonwealth's Attorney of Norfolk
It seems that it's not just in national politics that sore losers turn to the courts to seek some redress for an election loss. Amina...
John S. Koehler
Mar 24, 20242 min read
That was fast. En Banc Rehearing granted in case decided February 20.
If I had been keeping up with my coverage of the Court of Appeals, I might have speculated whether the split decision in Mazie Green v....
John S. Koehler
Mar 24, 20243 min read
Three, count 'em, Three Amici Briefs, and a plurality decision, in this Highly Charged Case which is Bound for the Supreme Court of Virginia (and maybe the US Supreme Court).
School Districts have become the latest ideological battleground between America's competing factions on social issues. Carlos Ibanez, et...
John S. Koehler
Mar 24, 20242 min read