The latest news and cases from the Supreme Court of Virginia
">VSB committee vets Supreme Court candidates Posted in Justices on Mar 31st, 2011
The judicial nominating committee of the Virginia State Bar has found five of the eight candidates it interviewed on Tuesday to be highly qualified for a seat on the Supreme Court of Virginia. They are Virginia Court of Appeals Judge Cleo E. Powell; circuit judges Gary A. Hicks of Henrico county, Victor V. Ludwig of [...]
">Court reinstates case decided on summary judgment Posted in Unpublished Orders on Mar 25th, 2011
The Supreme Court of Virginia reinstated today the case of two passengers in a truck that was hit by a train in Chesapeake. The trial judge in Norfolk had entered summary judgment for Norfolk Southern Railway Co. after concluding that the passengers were contributorily negligent in the crash, which occurred at a crossing with no [...]
">Richmond lawyer seeks Supreme Court seat Posted in Justices on Mar 23rd, 2011
W. Coleman Allen Jr., a partner in the Richmond personal injury firm of Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, has asked to be considered for appointment to the Supreme Court of Virginia. He is among eight candidates scheduled to be interviewed March 29 by the judicial nominating committees of the Virginia State and other statewide bar [...]
">Ludwig joins Supreme Court candidates Posted in Justices on Mar 22nd, 2011
Add 25th Circuit Judge Victor V. Ludwig to the list of those interested in a seat on the Supreme Court of Virginia. Ludwig was elevated to the circuit bench in 2008 after four years as a J&DR judge. He’s a graduate of the University of Virginia and its law school. He’s the 17th candidate to [...]
">Bar groups provide ‘informal accountability,’ Mims says Posted in Justices on Mar 17th, 2011
In a judicial selection process that imbues judges with a great deal of independence and little formal accountability, bar groups provide “informal accountability that works quite well,” Justice William C. Mims told the Richmond Bar Association today. He noted that he appeared in front of 16 bar groups, including the RBA, after legislators asked for [...]
">Malpractice, noncompete cases lead list of writs granted Posted in Writs Granted on Mar 7th, 2011
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s effort to enforce civil investigative demands on the University of Virginia, petitions from four losing plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases and a noncompete dispute are among the first writs granted from the Supreme Court of Virginia’s session on Feb. 15. Cuccinelli is trying to get information about what he regards as [...]
">No more printed opinions at the Supreme Court Posted in Attorneys, Supreme Court Opinions on Mar 5th, 2011
An opinion day ritual at the Supreme Court of Virginia has ended. Attorneys who had had their case decided would gather in the fifth floor clerk’s office shortly before 9:30 and join messengers and a journalist or two to wait for printed copies of opinions. Many of the attorneys had been in the courtroom to [...]
">Laches, sale of marital home at issue in unpublished orders Posted in Unpublished Orders on Mar 4th, 2011
The doctrine of laches, and not a statute of limitations, controls whether a suit for rescission has been filed in a timely manner, the Supreme Court of Virginia held today in an unpublished order in Nunnenkamp v. Copenhaver. The issue arose from a claim that an accountant had used undue influence to have a woman [...]
">Supreme Court decides 19 cases Posted in Civil Cases, Criminal Cases on Mar 4th, 2011
The Supreme Court of Virginia reversed today the order that 40 Gloucester County residents had to pay $2,000 each in sanctions because they signed a petition to remove four members of the board of supervisors. The court ruled unanimously in Johnson v. Woodard that such sanctions can only be imposed against an attorney or party, [...]
">Earley interested in joining Supreme Court Posted in Justices on Mar 3rd, 2011
Add former Virginia Attorney General Mark L. Earley to the list of those interested in being a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Statewide bar groups vetted 10 candidates last year at the request of the General Assembly’s Courts of Justice Committees, and an 11th hopeful, Rockbridge Circuit Judge Michael S. Irvine, also was [...]
