In a victory for local land use regulators, the Court of Appeals of Virginia said the state ABC Board overstepped its authority when it granted a farm winery license for a less-than-two-acre site in Clifton. The decision is likely to ...

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A man convicted of two bank robberies is innocent of those crimes, the Court of Appeals of Virginia held on May 22. Gary Bush, who served almost 10 years in prison, cleared his name after a surprise confession by the ...

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A divorcing father’s unilateral decision to use a marital investment account to pay for his adult son’s master’s program was properly considered waste of the marital assets, the Court of Appeals of Virginia has ruled. A Fairfax County circuit judge ...

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A Richmond area eatery that challenged Virginia’s long-standing limits on restaurant liquor sales lost another round last month with a decision from the Court of Appeals. The appellate judges said it is up to the General Assembly, not the courts, ...

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The former foster parents of a 3-year-old girl have standing to seek custody, the Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled. The couple took in the girl when she was 6 months old and nursed her through difficult health challenges, including ...

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A Virginia custody case drew nation­al attention when a Loudoun County judge said a 10-year-old golf “phe­nom” should take a year-long break from competition. Last month, the Court of Appeals of Virginia upheld that restriction, as well as a ban ...

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A veteran lawyer who persisted with appellate arguments that had already been rejected by the courts has agreed to a reprimand from the Virginia State Bar. The public reprimand without terms is the first disciplinary blemish on the 34-year record ...

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A mother whose salary went from $170,000 to $108,000 when she changed jobs did not have income imputed to her, in a case upheld by the Virginia Court of Appeals on Dec. 8. In its new decision in Murphy v. ...

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The Virginia Court of Appeals has handed down yet another decision on the commonwealth’s “dangling objects” statute. And yet another defendant is going to prison. The intermediate court declined an opportunity to review the constitutionality of the statute, Virginia Code ...

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Police who had to remove an authorized GPS tracking device when a suspect took his truck to the repair shop did not have to get another warrant in order to replace the device, the Court of Appeals said on Oct. ...

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