The Supreme Court of Virginia has upheld an award of attorneys’ fees and costs that was larger than the amount the property owner recovered in her inverse condemnation case.
The court entered an order last week that there was no reversible error in City of Newport News v. Yoder, Record No. 110036.
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Posted in Appeals Dismissed, Justices on Feb 18th, 2011
Writ panels of the Supreme Court of Virginia are within their authority to cloak their identities, according to an opinion from Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.
Cuccinelli responded to an inquiry from Del. James Shuler, D-Blacksburg, who related the frustration of a curious litigant. The litigant received the typical order denying an appeal, [...]
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What do you do on appeal after your criminal trial has been converted to a civil proceeding?
The Supreme Court of Virginia left that question open today in an unpublished order dismissing an appeal because the assignment of error challenged a holding in a criminal aspect of the case, Martinez v. Commonwealth, Record No. 092111.
The prosecution [...]
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