6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 31 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Jones v. Commonwealth.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jones v. Commonwealth Anchor | green | “whether an alleged error by a trial court renders its order void ab initio or merely voidable turns on the subtle, but crucial, distinction deeply embedded in virginia law 'between a court lacking jurisdiction to act upon a matter and the court, while properly having jurisdictio…” | 6 |
| 2 | Palmer v. City Nat. Bank, of West Virginia | green | “the doctrine of derivative jurisdiction requires that a federal court's jurisdiction over a removed case mirror the jurisdiction that the state court had over the action prior to removal.” | 5 |
| 3 | Shipe v. Hunter | green | “a pleading, signed only by a person acting a representative capacity who is not licensed to practice law in virginia, is a nullity.” | 5 |
| 4 | Johnston Memorial Hosp. v. Bazemore | green | “if an action is a nullity, regardless of the reason it is such, then no legal proceeding is pending that can be nonsuited.” | 5 |
| 5 | Nerri v. Adu-Gyamfi | green | “we have held that a pleading signed by a foreign attorney who is not authorized to practice law in this commonwealth is invalid and has "no legal effect.” | 5 |
| 6 | Wellmore Coal Corp. v. Harman Mining Corp. | green | “we have held that a pleading signed by a foreign attorney who is not authorized to practice law in this commonwealth is invalid and has "no legal effect.” | 5 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.