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properly aimed assignment error in Virginia

5 Virginia opinions name it 1 courts 2021–2025 5 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Virginia courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (4)

CaseFollowedCited
Forest Lakes Cmty. Ass'n, Inc. v. United Land Corp. of Am.green
va · 2017 · cited in 4 Virginia opinions naming this issue, 2022–2025
2 sentences

2025Father argues that the trial court did not properly weigh the factors in Code § 20-124.3 that decide the “best interests of the children,” but fails to “‘lay his finger’ on the alleged misjudgment of the court below.” Embrey v. Commonwealth, No. 0778-16-3, slip op. at 2, 2017 Va. App. LEXIS 89 , at *3 (Mar. 28, 2017) (quoting Forest Lakes Cmty. Ass’n v. United Land Corp. of Am., 293 Va. 113, 122 (2017)).3 “A properly aimed assignment of error must ‘point out’ the targeted error and not simply take ‘a shot into the flock’ of issues that cluster around the 3 Embrey is properly cited as informati

2024“A properly aimed assignment of error must ‘point out’ the targeted error and not simply take ‘a shot into the flock’ of issues that cluster around the litigation.” Forest Lakes Cmty. Ass’n, Inc., 293 Va. at 123 (quoting Plant Lipford, Inc. v. E.W.

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Plant Lipford, Inc. v. E. W. Gates & Son Co.green
va · 1925 · cited in 3 Virginia opinions naming this issue, 2021–2024
2 sentences

2024Gates & Son Co., 141 Va. 325, 332 (1925)).

2022Gates & Son Co., 141 Va. 325, 332 (1925))).

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Yeatts v. Murraygreen
va · 1995 · cited in 1 Virginia opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
2 sentences

2024See Moison v. Commonwealth, 302 Va. 417 , 420 (2023) (order) (“[T]he purpose of assignments of error is to point out the errors with reasonable certainty . . . and to limit discussion to these points.” (quoting Yeatts v. Murray, 249 Va. 285, 290 (1995))); id. (noting that the language of an assignment of error “cabins the error that [appellate courts] can consider”); Forest Lakes Cmty. Ass’n, Inc. v. United Land Corp. of America, 293 Va. 113, 123 (2017) (“A properly aimed assignment of error must ‘point out’ the targeted error and not simply take ‘a shot 3 Jury Instruction No. 12 provided that

2024See Moison v. Commonwealth, 302 Va. 417 , 420 (2023) (order) (“[T]he purpose of assignments of error is to point out the errors with reasonable certainty . . . and to limit discussion to these points.” (quoting Yeatts v. Murray, 249 Va. 285, 290 (1995))); id. (noting that the language of an assignment of error “cabins the error that [appellate courts] can consider”); Forest Lakes Cmty. Ass’n, Inc. v. United Land Corp. of America, 293 Va. 113, 123 (2017) (“A properly aimed assignment of error must ‘point out’ the targeted error and not simply take ‘a shot 3 Jury Instruction No. 12 provided that

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First National Bank v. William R. Trigg Co.green
va · 1907 · cited in 1 Virginia opinions naming this issue, 2022–2022
1 sentence

2022Trigg Co., 106 Va. 327, 341 (1907)). “[A] general assignment of error . . . without pointing out the specific errors complained of, does not amount to any assignment of error at all.” Id. at 580; see also Forest Lakes Cmty. Ass’n, Inc. v. United Land Corp. of Am., 293 Va. 113, 123 (2017) (“A properly aimed assignment of error must ‘point out’ the targeted error and not simply take ‘a shot into the flock’ of issues that cluster around the litigation.” (quoting Plant Lipford, Inc. v. E.W.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Virginia. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Statutes the citing opinions construe

VA § Va. Code Ann. § 17.1-413 (5)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

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