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8 Virginia opinions name it 4 courts 2010–2025 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
Poindexter v. Commonwealthgreen2 sentences2015Poindexter v. Commonwealth, 16 Va. App. 730, 734 , 432 S.E.2d 527, 529-30 (1993). 2015Poindexter v. Commonwealth, 16 Va. App. 730, 734 , 432 S.E.2d 527, 529-30 (1993). | 2 | 2 |
Thomas v. Commonwealthgreen2 sentences2014An officer’s ulterior motive, whatever it might be, does not nullify an objectively valid legal justification for his actions.” Thomas v. Commonwealth, 57 Va. App. 267, 274 , 701 S.E.2d 87, 91 (2010) (citations and internal quotations marks omitted); see also Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806, 813 (1996) (holding that “[s]ubjective intentions play no role in ordinary, probable-cause Fourth Amendment analysis”). -9- III. 2014An officer’s ulterior motive, whatever it might be, does not nullify an objectively valid legal justification for his actions.” Thomas v. Commonwealth, 57 Va. App. 267, 274 , 701 S.E.2d 87, 91 (2010) (citations and internal quotations marks omitted); see also Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806, 813 (1996) (holding that “[s]ubjective intentions play no role in ordinary, probable-cause Fourth Amendment analysis”). -9- III. | 2 | 2 |
United States Ex Rel. Campie v. Gilead Sciences, Inc.green1 sentence2025Campie v. Gilead Scis., 862 F.3d 890, 908 (9th Cir. 2017) (requiring an “objectively reasonable, good faith belief” of an FCA violation); Wilkins v. St. | 1 | 1 |
Sylvia Singletary v. Howard Universitygreen1 sentence2025At least the D.C., Ninth, Eighth, Seventh, Sixth, and Second Circuits, and several federal district courts, have adopted either Grant or a similar objective-reasonableness analysis.7 Additionally, while a plaintiff bringing a direct qui tam 7 See Singletary, 939 F.3d at 296 (applying the Grant test); United States ex rel. | 1 | 1 |
Whren v. United Statesgreen1 sentence2014An officer’s ulterior motive, whatever it might be, does not nullify an objectively valid legal justification for his actions.” Thomas v. Commonwealth, 57 Va. App. 267, 274 , 701 S.E.2d 87, 91 (2010) (citations and internal quotations marks omitted); see also Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806, 813 (1996) (holding that “[s]ubjective intentions play no role in ordinary, probable-cause Fourth Amendment analysis”). -9- III. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Virginia. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Roe v. Flores-Ortega
green
1 sentence2023Whereas the former is the “quintessential example of unreasonable performance under Strickland,” id., the latter is an objectively reasonable risk inherent in the practice of law. | 1 | 2023–2023 |
Commonwealth v. Waters
green
2 sentences2013All three requirements must be fulfilled in order to apply the community caretaker doctrine, but the objective reasonableness requirement is the “linchpin of determining the validity of an action.” Waters, 20 Va. App. at 290 , 456 S.E.2d at 529 . 2013All three requirements must be fulfilled in order to apply the community caretaker doctrine, but the objective reasonableness requirement is the “linchpin of determining the validity of an action.” Waters, 20 Va. App. at 290 , 456 S.E.2d at 529 . | 1 | 2013–2013 |
Bosworth v. Commonwealth
green
2 sentences2010Id. at 571 , 375 S.E.2d at 758 . 2010Id. at 571 , 375 S.E.2d at 758 . | 1 | 2010–2010 |
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.