The sole published opinion from the Court of Appeals today is from cross-appeals in a dissolution of marriage case. I am guess that the parties in John Stark v. Firouzeh Dinarany did not share Thanksgiving dinner last week. Stark objected to the circuit court's...
Month: November 2021
Court of Appeals Releases Four Opinions Before Long Thanksgiving Break
With the state government taking an extended break for Thanksgiving, the Court of Appeals issued 4 published opinions and 3 unpublished one on the last full day of work this week. It’s not atypical for the appellate courts to issues a flurry of opinions at this time...
Why the United States is not Becoming a (insert demonized political theory here) State
Have you noticed that, according to their critics, American politicians are concurrently Nazis (imposing vaccine mandates/separating immigrant families), Socialists (expanding Medicaid/favoring specific industries), Communists (Infrastructure spending/umm . . . no...
Court of Appeals of Virginia Affirms Conviction of “Unite the Right” Rally Killer
In the short time that this blawg has been in existence, I have had the pleasure of meeting several of its readers. The most common comment I have received in these encounters is that the humor with which I tend approach my subjects is appreciated. But there is...
Three Criminal Appeals From the Court of Appeals: One defendant wins her appeal for a second time, two others are not so lucky
Following your humble correspondent’s first appearance as an advocate before the Supreme Court of Virginia this morning, his schedule has become sufficiently flexible to allow him to play catch-up and report on the three most recent published opinion of the Court of...