tloojs
Jun 1, 20226 min read
Another Ho Hum Opinion with a Very Long Hummmmmmmmm . . . and I wax semi-eloquent on the role of And
The Court of Appeals issued one published opinion today and, if it lacks the automatic snooze factor of last week’s administrative law...
tloojs
May 25, 20227 min read
Yawn . . . Another Administrative Law Opinion . . . But what’s this? A Commonwealth’s A
The Court of Appeals released a single published opinion today, and its a real snoozer. Frequent readers of these missives will recall...
tloojs
May 18, 20227 min read
2 Published Opinions plus 1 Unpublished Opinion of Note Today
The Court of Appeals released two published opinions, including an en banc opinion addressing the application of the COVID tolling...
tloojs
May 12, 20229 min read
Court of Appeals Reverses Calculation of Restitution, Affirms Abduction Conviction, and Rules that N
The Court of Appeals handed down three published decision this week, all in criminal cases. Let’s start with an unusual topic — an...
tloojs
May 10, 20221 min read
Court of Appeals Schedules First Oral Arguments in Appeals Filed in 2022 . . . But It’s Not Bi
The Court of Appeals will hear oral argument for the first time in an appeal filed after the expansion of the Court’s jurisdiction on...
tloojs
May 4, 202210 min read
After a Trip to Richmond, Three New Opinions From the Court of Appeals (and one order from last week
Well, gang, I followed the well worn wagon tracks up 81 and across 64 to Richmond for my first in-person argument before the Court of...
tloojs
Apr 26, 20228 min read
Recent Decisions from the Court of Appeals
A very busy work schedule (not sure when the “semi” part of semi-retired will kick back in) has kept your correspondent from updating...
tloojs
Apr 6, 20221 min read
New Kid on the Blawg Block
I am pleased to report that my one-time Supreme Court of Virginia Law Clerk colleague John O’Herron has started his own Virginia...
tloojs
Apr 6, 20223 min read
Nearly back to Normal
Today the Supreme Court of Virginia held its first in-person writ panel since in the COVID endemic era — I believe that for the present...
tloojs
Apr 6, 20226 min read
Two new Published Opinion from the Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals returns with two published opinion on this Tuesday, which also happens to be the first day that the Supreme Court...
tloojs
Mar 30, 20223 min read
Little New At the Court of Appeals in the Way of Published Decisions
The Court of Appeals issued a published decision by order last week, and as it was an original jurisdiction matter, which is somewhat...
tloojs
Mar 16, 20222 min read
Court of Appeals Issues one Published Opinion
The Court of Appeals of Virginia issued a single published opinion today. The subject matter of the appeal is one of increasing concern...
tloojs
Mar 9, 20228 min read
Court of Appeals Issues One Published Opinion and One Published Order
The Court of Appeals issues two published decisions today, one as an opinion and one as a published order (following two published order...
tloojs
Mar 2, 20225 min read
It’s Like Déjà Vu All Over Again . . . One Published Opinion for the Court of Appeals
Just over 13 months ago I started this Blawg and one of the first posts involved an unpublished opinion which was worthy of a mention...
tloojs
Feb 22, 20222 min read
There is an Easy Fix to the AG’s Complaint About Staffing Issue
In the Virginia Mercury today, Ned Oliver reports that Attorney General Jason Miyares wants 75 new positions to handle an “unexpected”...
tloojs
Feb 17, 20225 min read
Two Opinions and Two Published Orders – plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
The last two weeks have seen the Court of Appeals release four published decisions – two by opinion and two by order – that perhaps give...
tloojs
Feb 2, 20224 min read
Today’s Only Published Opinion from the Court of Appeals Gives Us 3 Pop Culture References
Today’s lone published opinion from the Court of Appeals, Dwayne Allen Ray, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia, has a certain dramatic “Law...
tloojs
Jan 26, 20222 min read
Ho Hum Opinion from the Court of Appeals
After last week’s action packed set of opinions, the Court of Appeals released a single published opinion this week that, despite...
tloojs
Jan 19, 202213 min read
After the Weekend Snow, A Flurry of Opinions from the Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals of Virginia issued ten case decisions this morning, five published and five unpublished. You will notice that I...
tloojs
Jan 14, 20224 min read
Of Debtors’ Prison and Appellate Procedure
Today is opinion day for the Supreme Court of Virginia, and while I typically will read the opinions from the east side of Ninth Street,...