tloojs
Feb 10, 202114 min read
Summary and Analysis of Published Opinions of the Court of Appeals, February 9, 2021
The Court of Appeals hands down two published opinions today, both in Domestic Relations cases. The first involves cross-appeals and an...
tloojs
Feb 8, 20214 min read
With All Due Respect to Tolstoy, Unhappy Families are Not So Unique in Their Circumstances
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy (1878). While I hold Tolstoy...
tloojs
Feb 8, 20215 min read
It’s Not Often You See a Court Referring to A Fairytale for A Legal Point
When I began this blog about a month ago, I promised that would from time to time reach back to review opinions of the Court of Appeals...
tloojs
Feb 3, 20216 min read
Summary and Analysis of Published Opinion of the Court of Appeals, February 2, 2021
The Court of Appeals pop its head up long enough to release one opinion today before ducking its head down again prophesying six more...
tloojs
Feb 3, 20214 min read
Five Unpublished Opinions in Search of an Essay
Today the Court of Appeals hands down five unpublished opinions (a separate entry will follow on the single published opinion). I have...
tloojs
Jan 28, 20212 min read
An Unpublished Opinion Worth a Short Mention
Anthony Andre’s Mackey v. Commonwealth of Virginia, an unpublished opinion of the Court of Appeals released on January 26, 2021 deserves...
tloojs
Jan 27, 20214 min read
Summary and Analysis of Published Opinion of the Court of Appeals, January 26, 2021
Shaka Markel Long v. Commonwealth of Virginia. The lone published opinion from the Court of Appeals this week – the first in two weeks –...
tloojs
Jan 13, 20217 min read
Summary and Analysis of Published Opinions of the Court of Appeals, January 12, 2021
The first set of published opinions from the Court of Appeals of Virginia for 2021 includes its first reversal in a criminal case as well...
John S. Koehler
Jan 13, 202115 min read
Why a Virginia Court of Appeals Blog?
The first question that will undoubtedly come to mind for those who have stumbled across (or, one may dare to hope, deliberately come to...