Already have an account? Sign in instead.
You stay signed in for 30 days on this browser.
Continue with Google Continue with MicrosoftNo account yet? Create a free one.
We sent a six-digit code.
It expires in ten minutes, works once, and only in this browser. Five wrong tries void it. Send another code.
Your account is live and the Cloudflare checks are off for this browser.
18 Virginia opinions name it 2 courts 1876–2024 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.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Cline v. DUNLORA SOUTH, LLCgreen2 sentences2024See Cline, 284 Va. at 106 n.1; Philip Morris, 235 Va. at 407 . 2024See Cline, 284 Va. at 106 n.1; Philip Morris, 235 Va. at 407 . | 4 | 4 |
Rives v. Goochgreen2 sentences1936In Rives v. Gooch, 157 Va. 661, 672, 673 , 162 S. E. 184, 188 , we said: “The object of the rule is plain and simple. 1936In Rives v. Gooch, 157 Va. 661, 672, 673 , 162 S. E. 184, 188 , we said: “The object of the rule is plain and simple. | 1 | 2 |
Michie v. Michie's Adm'rgreen1 sentence1892See, also, Michie v. Michie, 17 Gratt. 109 ; Read's Case, 22 Id. 924. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Virginia. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Philip Morris, Inc. v. Emerson
green
2 sentences2024See Cline, 284 Va. at 106 n.1; Philip Morris, 235 Va. at 407 . 2024See Cline, 284 Va. at 106 n.1; Philip Morris, 235 Va. at 407 . | 4 | 2024–2024 |
Ferguson & Fries v. Gooch
green
2 sentences1876Ferguson v. Gooch, 94 Va. 1 , 26 S. E. 1876Ferguson v. Gooch, 94 Va. 1 , 26 S. E. | 3 | 1876–1876 |
Lashon Marcay Pritchett v. Commonwealth of Virginia
green
2 sentences2023But the Supreme Court did not “set about to enable gamesmanship or mere regret.” Id. 2023The object of this standard “is to allow a defendant to withdraw his guilty plea in situations where the defendant would not have pled guilty but for some external circumstance such as coercion, or poor or erroneous advice from counsel.” Pritchett, 61 Va. App. at 788 . | 1 | 2023–2023 |
Jones v. Morris Plan Bank
green
2 sentences2013In Jones, 168 Va. at 292 , 191 S.E. at 610 , the Supreme Court discussed the underlying purposes supporting the application of the doctrine of merger, explaining: The object of the rule against splitting causes of action is to prevent a multiplicity of suits. 2013In Jones, 168 Va. at 292 , 191 S.E. at 610 , the Supreme Court discussed the underlying purposes supporting the application of the doctrine of merger, explaining: The object of the rule against splitting causes of action is to prevent a multiplicity of suits. | 1 | 2013–2013 |
WTAR Radio-TV Corp. v. Commonwealth
green
2 sentences2005WTAR Radio-TV v. Commonwealth, 217 Va. 877 , 879-80, 234 S.E.2d 245 , 247 (1977); Winchester TV Cable Co. v. Commissioner, 216 Va. 286 , 289-90, 217 S.E.2d 885 , 889 (1975). *800 A. Application of the true object test to lease transactions Virginia imposes a retail sales tax on the sale or rental of tangible personal property. 2005WTAR Radio-TV v. Commonwealth, 217 Va. 877 , 879-80, 234 S.E.2d 245 , 247 (1977); Winchester TV Cable Co. v. Commissioner, 216 Va. 286 , 289-90, 217 S.E.2d 885 , 889 (1975). *800 A. Application of the true object test to lease transactions Virginia imposes a retail sales tax on the sale or rental of tangible personal property. | 1 | 2005–2005 |
Winchester TV Cable Co. v. State Tax Commissioner
green
2 sentences2005WTAR Radio-TV v. Commonwealth, 217 Va. 877 , 879-80, 234 S.E.2d 245 , 247 (1977); Winchester TV Cable Co. v. Commissioner, 216 Va. 286 , 289-90, 217 S.E.2d 885 , 889 (1975). *800 A. Application of the true object test to lease transactions Virginia imposes a retail sales tax on the sale or rental of tangible personal property. 2005WTAR Radio-TV v. Commonwealth, 217 Va. 877 , 879-80, 234 S.E.2d 245 , 247 (1977); Winchester TV Cable Co. v. Commissioner, 216 Va. 286 , 289-90, 217 S.E.2d 885 , 889 (1975). *800 A. Application of the true object test to lease transactions Virginia imposes a retail sales tax on the sale or rental of tangible personal property. | 1 | 2005–2005 |
Seibert v. Commonwealth
green
2 sentences1998"A lesser included offense is an offense which is composed entirely of elements that are also elements of the greater offense." In other words, "an offense is not a lesser included offense of another if each offense contains an element that the other does not." "Thus, in order for one crime to be a lesser included offense of another crime, every commission of the greater offense must also be a commission of the lesser." Seibert v. Commonwealth, 22 Va. App. 40, 45 , 467 S.E.2d 838 , -11- 840-41 (1996) (citations omitted). 1998"A lesser included offense is an offense which is composed entirely of elements that are also elements of the greater offense." In other words, "an offense is not a lesser included offense of another if each offense contains an element that the other does not." "Thus, in order for one crime to be a lesser included offense of another crime, every commission of the greater offense must also be a commission of the lesser." Seibert v. Commonwealth, 22 Va. App. 40, 45 , 467 S.E.2d 838 , -11- 840-41 (1996) (citations omitted). | 1 | 1998–1998 |
Benet v. Ford
green
2 sentences1938The object of the rule in question— indeed the principal object in all cases in a court of chancery—is that property may be so sold as to realize the best price.” Judge Cardwell in Benet v. Ford, 113 Va. 442 , 74 S. E. 394, 396 , said: “The controlling purpose and prime object in all cases is to sell the property so that it may realize the best price obtainable.” See also, Hardy v. Coley, 114 Va. 570 , 77 S. E. 458 , and Dunn v. Silk, 155 Va. 504 , 155 S. E. 694 , 71 A. L. 1938The object of the rule in question— indeed the principal object in all cases in a court of chancery—is that property may be so sold as to realize the best price.” Judge Cardwell in Benet v. Ford, 113 Va. 442 , 74 S. E. 394, 396 , said: “The controlling purpose and prime object in all cases is to sell the property so that it may realize the best price obtainable.” See also, Hardy v. Coley, 114 Va. 570 , 77 S. E. 458 , and Dunn v. Silk, 155 Va. 504 , 155 S. E. 694 , 71 A. L. | 1 | 1938–1938 |
Hardy v. Coley
neutral
2 sentences1938The object of the rule in question— indeed the principal object in all cases in a court of chancery—is that property may be so sold as to realize the best price.” Judge Cardwell in Benet v. Ford, 113 Va. 442 , 74 S. E. 394, 396 , said: “The controlling purpose and prime object in all cases is to sell the property so that it may realize the best price obtainable.” See also, Hardy v. Coley, 114 Va. 570 , 77 S. E. 458 , and Dunn v. Silk, 155 Va. 504 , 155 S. E. 694 , 71 A. L. 1938The object of the rule in question— indeed the principal object in all cases in a court of chancery—is that property may be so sold as to realize the best price.” Judge Cardwell in Benet v. Ford, 113 Va. 442 , 74 S. E. 394, 396 , said: “The controlling purpose and prime object in all cases is to sell the property so that it may realize the best price obtainable.” See also, Hardy v. Coley, 114 Va. 570 , 77 S. E. 458 , and Dunn v. Silk, 155 Va. 504 , 155 S. E. 694 , 71 A. L. | 1 | 1938–1938 |
Dunn v. Silk
green
2 sentences1938The object of the rule in question— indeed the principal object in all cases in a court of chancery—is that property may be so sold as to realize the best price.” Judge Cardwell in Benet v. Ford, 113 Va. 442 , 74 S. E. 394, 396 , said: “The controlling purpose and prime object in all cases is to sell the property so that it may realize the best price obtainable.” See also, Hardy v. Coley, 114 Va. 570 , 77 S. E. 458 , and Dunn v. Silk, 155 Va. 504 , 155 S. E. 694 , 71 A. L. 1938The object of the rule in question— indeed the principal object in all cases in a court of chancery—is that property may be so sold as to realize the best price.” Judge Cardwell in Benet v. Ford, 113 Va. 442 , 74 S. E. 394, 396 , said: “The controlling purpose and prime object in all cases is to sell the property so that it may realize the best price obtainable.” See also, Hardy v. Coley, 114 Va. 570 , 77 S. E. 458 , and Dunn v. Silk, 155 Va. 504 , 155 S. E. 694 , 71 A. L. | 1 | 1938–1938 |
Blann v. Crocheron
neutral
1 sentence1921Otherwise, one joint tort-feasor, or all of. them, acting in concert through the one, or the clerk, might in fact exercise the election which the law says the plaintiff has the right to make, and thus defeat the very object of the rule giving the plaintiff the right to maintain separate actions, and to prosecute them to final judgment.” (Citing Blann v. Crocheron, 20 Ala. 320 , in which the judgment debtor paid the amount of the judgment to the clerk.) “It is well said in the last case cited: ‘Were the law otherwise, it would enable joint trespassers, who were sued separately, to hasten the tr | 1 | 1921–1921 |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Avery
neutral
1 sentence1897Railroad Co. v. Avery, 109 Ill. 314 ; 2 Thomp. | 1 | 1897–1897 |
Hall v. Commonwealth
green
1 sentence1893The “speedy trial,” and the policy of the law to expedite the trial of criminal cases, forbid that the person accused of crime shall be detained in prison beyond any term of the court at which he may be lawfully tried unless good cause be shown for a continuance; and. the Acts, 1889-90, p. 79, require the judges of the county courts to set the criminal cases for trial ten days before the first day of the terms of their courts; the object of which requirement is, as interpreted by this court in Hall’s Case, 89 Va., 171 , to insure a speedy trial, for the benefit of the accused no less than for | 1 | 1893–1893 |
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.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.