Supreme Court of Virginia Decisions 2022
Date: December 29, 2022
Docket Number: 211032
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court holding that International Paper Co. had established, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the County of Isle of Wight's tax scheme violated the…
Date: December 29, 2022
Docket Number: 211033
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals upholding Defendant's conviction for carrying a concealed weapon while intoxicated under Va. Code 18.2-308.012, holding that, under the facts of this case,…
Date: December 29, 2022
Docket Number: 211050
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court striking Arch Insurance Company's conversion and unjust enrichment claims, holding that the circuit court did not err in concluding that Arch was incapable of…
Date: December 8, 2022
Docket Number: 211048
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court granting a "First Amended Complaint in Interpleader with Accompanying Prayer for Declaratory Relief" filed by Allstate Insurance Company and apportioning the…
Date: December 1, 2022
Docket Number: 220004
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court granting summary judgment to Liosha Miles on the issue of whether each of the two insurance policies in this case provided separate tranches of insurance of…
Date: October 27, 2022
Docket Number: 220130
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the State Corporation Commission (SCC) that approved a petition filed by the Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) to obtain a rate-adjustment clause pursuant to Va. Code…
Date: October 20, 2022
Docket Number: 210787
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed three rulings by the trial court in a pending criminal case in these consolidated appeals, holding that the trial court erred in barring public access to a pretrial bail hearing, by keeping…
Date: October 20, 2022
Docket Number: 210848
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court partially denying Appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus and purportedly denying his request for attorney's fees and costs, holding that the circuit court…
Date: October 20, 2022
Docket Number: 210972
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the circuit court determining that an auctioneer had verbally modified its advertised terms prior to the start of the auction and ordering the conveyance of a fee simple…
Date: October 13, 2022
Docket Number: 210800
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing Ashland, LLC's claim against Virginia-American Water Company for an alleged breach of contract, holding that the circuit court erred in concluding…
Date: October 13, 2022
Docket Number: 210934
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that, pursuant to Va. Code 40.1-29(J), joint employer liability in a collective action for unpaid wages cannot be imposed upon individuals who act directly or indirectly in the interest of an…
Date: October 13, 2022
Docket Number: 210935
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the circuit court admitting the will at issue in this case to probate and appointing an administrator for the estate of James A. Townsey but…
Date: September 15, 2022
Docket Number: 210320
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part the judgment of the circuit court awarding sanctions against Plaintiffs, holding that the circuit court erred in awarding the total amount of the…
Date: September 8, 2022
Docket Number: 210501
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the circuit court dismissing Appellant's claims against the Rappahannock Area Community Services Board (RACSB) based on its determination that RACSB was a municipal corporation…
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Numbers: 210391, 210634
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part rulings made by the State Corporation Commission during its triennial review of Appalachian Power Company's rates, terms, and conditions pursuant to Va. Code…
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number: 210634
Date: August 18, 2022
Docket Number: 210640
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the order of the circuit court holding that no justiciable dispute existed between the parties following the court's holding that the plaintiff qualified as a third-party beneficiary of a 1973…
Date: August 11, 2022
Docket Number: 210569
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the circuit court finding Appellant in violation of probation and sentencing him to serve the balance of his previously suspended…
Date: August 4, 2022
Docket Number: 210530
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing Defendant's conviction of three counts of computer solicitation of a minor, first offense, and two counts of computer solicitation of a minor,…
Date: July 14, 2022
Docket Number: 210568
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court denying a refund of Business and Professional Occupational License (BPOL) taxes Coxcom, LLC paid to Fairfax County on the grounds that the Internet Tax Freedom…
Date: July 7, 2022
Docket Number: 210509
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court granting Defendant's plea in bar to Plaintiff's negligence claim on the ground that he was protected by derivative sovereign immunity and granting Defendant's…
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 210414
Justia Opinion Summary: Regulus, an LLC solely owned by Klug, is the holding company for all the rights, transactions, and income related to Klug’s literary works, which include several internationally-received legal fiction novels. In 2018,…
Date: June 9, 2022
Docket Number: 210721
Justia Opinion Summary: Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke (SVWC) provides medical and rehabilitative care to 2,000 animals each year. SVWC is located at the end of a shared private easement that is approximately 476 feet long; the…
Date: June 2, 2022
Docket Number: 201523
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court finding in favor of the owner of rezoned property who claimed that the triggering of a conditional proffer operated as an unconstitutional condition, holding…
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 201329
Justia Opinion Summary: In this personal injury case, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court sustaining Defendant's plea in bar and dismissing this case with prejudice, holding that the date of Plaintiff's second filing…
Date: May 26, 2022
Docket Number: 210538
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court that Neighbors lacked standing to challenge the judgment of Fairfax County's Zoning Administrator and Board of Zoning Appeals concluding that NewPort Academy,…
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 201510
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the decision of the circuit court upholding the State Health Commissioner's denial of Chesapeake Regional Medical Center's (CMRC) application for…
Date: May 19, 2022
Docket Number: 210260
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court refusing to implement the decision of the grievance panel to reinstate Petitioner to her position as an employee for the City of Norfolk, holding that the…
Date: April 21, 2022
Docket Number: 210489
Justia Opinion Summary: In this action challenging the Supreme Court's sealing of the record of the disciplinary action against Judge Adrianne L. Bennett by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission the Supreme Court unsealed certain filings…
Date: April 14, 2022
Docket Number: 210382
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that the Virginia Uniform Arbitration Act, Va. Code 8.01-581.01 to -.016 (VUAA), and the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. 1-16 (FAA), do not compel enforcement of an arbitration clause in a…
Date: April 14, 2022
Docket Number: 210443
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court ruling that an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) was covered under a homeowner's insurance policy as a "farm type vehicle," holding that the circuit court…
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number: 201007
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the latest decision of the trial court in this third appeal addressing remaining contests between the parties in this case, holding that the trial court erred in…
Date: March 24, 2022
Docket Number: 201419
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in this interlocutory appeal of a decision of the circuit court overruling Appellants' demurrer and allowing Appellees to proceed with their claims, holding that the circuit court…
Date: March 17, 2022
Docket Number: 201349
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing an action brought by a condominium association against the owner of two condominium units for unpaid special assessments, holding that the circuit…
Date: March 3, 2022
Docket Number: 201515
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court concluding that Plaintiff lacked standing to enforce the "midnight deadline" rule set forth in section 4-302 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), as adopted…
Date: February 17, 2022
Docket Number: 201413
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court determining what portion of a settlement was subject to the Commonwealth's Medicaid lien, holding that there was no error. Appellant was seriously injured in…
Date: February 10, 2022
Docket Number: 201263
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court holding that the Virginia Department of Taxation's corporation income tax assessments for the years in issue were erroneous and ordering the Department to…
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number: 201310
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted Daniel Rothstein's motion to dismiss the appeal brought by Robert Godlove and Theresa Wolfe (together, Appellants) and vacated the judgment of the trial court in favor of Rothstein, holding that…
Date: February 3, 2022
Docket Number: 210011
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction for rape, holding that Defendant did not suffer any violation of his rights under the Confrontation Clause of the United States Constitution. On appeal, Defendant…
Date: January 13, 2022
Docket Number: 200803
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the revocation of Defendant's deferred disposition and conviction for possession of heroin due to Defendant's failure to pay court costs, holding…
Date: January 6, 2022
Docket Number: 201322
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing a bill of review after determining that the underlying matter was an action at law and that a bill of review was inappropriate, holding that the…
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