Supreme Court of Virginia Decisions 2023
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 211061
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled in favor of Peter Vlaming, a high school French teacher who was terminated by the West Point School Board for refusing to use a transgender student's preferred pronouns.…
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 211114
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, Andrew Schmuhl ("Schmuhl") appealed the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. At his trial, Schmuhl had claimed he was involuntarily intoxicated due to prescription medications at the time of…
Date: December 14, 2023
Docket Number: 230127
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Supreme Court of Virginia was asked to interpret Code § 19.2-306.1, a statute enacted in 2021 that addresses the range of punishment a court may impose upon the revocation of a suspended sentence. The…
Date: November 30, 2023
Docket Number: 230400
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the State Corporation Commission dismissing Verizon Virginia LLC's petition for a declaratory judgment for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, holding that the Commission…
Date: November 22, 2023
Docket Number: 220596
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the opinion of the court of appeals reversing Defendant's sentence for malicious wounding, holding that the court of appeals erred by reversing the trial court's restitution order as violative…
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number: 210389
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court in this real property dispute, holding that the escheat provision of Va. Code 58.1-3967, as applied to the factual circumstances of this case, violated Va.…
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number: 220536
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming Defendant's convictions of three counts of aggravated sexual battery by a parent under Va. Code 18.2-67.3 and four counts of taking indecent…
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number: 220715
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing Defendant's conviction, after a jury trial, of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, third or subsequent offense, and possession of…
Date: October 12, 2023
Docket Number: 230172
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus claiming that the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) failed timely to release him from prison…
Date: July 20, 2023
Docket Number: 211071
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the sanctions order entered by the trial court against Joseph Monroe for pursuing a shareholder-derivative suit against his wife, Lisa Monroe, the majority shareholder of a closely held…
Date: July 6, 2023
Docket Number: 220665
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted Petitioner's petition seeking a writ of habeas corpus and issued the writ directed to the Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections ordering that Petitioner be released from custody,…
Date: June 29, 2023
Docket Number: 220223
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming Defendant's conviction of abuse or neglect of an incapacitated adult causing serious injury, holding that the trial court, sitting as fact-finder,…
Date: June 1, 2023
Docket Number: 220378
Justia Opinion Summary: In this criminal case, the Supreme Court held that the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution does not require a court to pre-screen eyewitness identification testimony before the eyewitness can be…
Date: May 18, 2023
Docket Number: 210779
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court ruling that Defendants, five members of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, knowingly and willfully violated the Virginia Freedom of Information…
Date: May 4, 2023
Docket Number: 220072
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court entering summary judgment favor of Eastern Shore Community Services Board (ESCSB) and holding that Oreze Healthcare LLC's conveyance of real property to a third…
Date: April 27, 2023
Docket Number: 220116
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court concluding that the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA), Va. Code 2.2-3700 et seq., requires that public bodies permit members of the public to be…
Date: April 20, 2023
Docket Number: 220034
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's petition for an expungement under Va. Code 19.2-392.2, holding that, in light of this Court's clarification of the standard that applies to…
Date: April 6, 2023
Docket Number: 220058
Justia Opinion Summary: Ranger purchased a new Hyundai vehicle in 2018. Ranger experienced some problems with the vehicle, and it had to be repeatedly repaired. His lawyer wrote a demand letter to Hyundai, seeking a refund of the purchase price…
Date: March 30, 2023
Docket Number: 220039
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the ruling of the circuit court that it lacked the authority to amend the Military Pension Division Order (MPDO) it issued earlier memorializing…
Date: March 23, 2023
Docket Number: 211143
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing Residents' claims against the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County, holding that the circuit court erred in dismissing Residents'…
Date: March 16, 2023
Docket Number: 211126
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals vacating a jury verdict convicting Defendant of using a firearm during the commission of a robbery, holding that the court of appeals erred in holding that…
Date: February 9, 2023
Docket Number: 220230
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the circuit court in this property dispute, holding that the evidence did not support the judgment in connection with Kevin and Meredith Horn's…
Date: February 2, 2023
Docket Number: 211021
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing this case brought by several homeowners against the Board of Supervisors of Hanover County, holding that the circuit court erred. Plaintiffs…
Date: January 26, 2023
Docket Number: 211226
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the trial court entering judgment upon the jury's verdict in favor of the estate of Jeffrey Tyree on a battery count but for the defense on a gross negligence count, holding…
Date: January 19, 2023
Docket Number: 210893
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing Appellant's petition seeking to expunge a felony driving while intoxicated (DWI) charge from his record, holding that the circuit court did not…
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