Supreme Court of Virginia

The most-cited opinions of the Supreme Court of Virginia on UpLaw — 1,449 decisions from 1814–2018, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

• Howell v. Com. 274 Va. 737 · cited by 56
• Butts v. Commonwealth 145 Va. 800 · cited by 56
• Cupp v. Board of Supervisors 227 Va. 580 · cited by 56
• Bishop v. Commonwealth 227 Va. 164 · cited by 56
• Johnson v. Commonwealth 259 Va. 654 · cited by 56
• Valley Landscape Co. v. Rolland 218 Va. 257 · cited by 56
• Spencer v. Commonwealth 6 Va. Law Rep. 391 · cited by 56
• Winston v. Gordon 115 Va. 899 · cited by 55
• Wilson v. Carpenter's Adm'r 91 Va. 183 · cited by 55
• Colonial Ford Truck Sales, Inc. v. Schneider 228 Va. 671 · cited by 55
• Robertson v. Commonwealth 181 Va. 520 · cited by 55
• Glass v. Glass 228 Va. 39 · cited by 55
• Simmons v. Commonwealth 5 Va. Law Rep. 2919 · cited by 55
• Scott v. Commonwealth 228 Va. 519 · cited by 55
• Lee v. Spoden 290 Va. 235 · cited by 55
• Ward v. Ernst & Young 10 Va. Law Rep. 305 · cited by 55
• Super Fresh Food Markets of Virginia, Inc. v. Ruffin 263 Va. 555 · cited by 55
• Singh v. Mooney 261 Va. 48 · cited by 55
• Thompson v. Smith 155 Va. 367 · cited by 55
• City of Fairfax v. Shanklin 205 Va. 227 · cited by 54
• Van Deusen v. Snead 10 Va. Law Rep. 1030 · cited by 54
• Lewis v. Commonwealth 225 Va. 497 · cited by 54
• Crowell v. Duncan 145 Va. 489 · cited by 54
• Chawla v. BurgerBusters, Inc. 255 Va. 616 · cited by 54
• Fuste v. Riverside Healthcare Ass'n, Inc. 265 Va. 127 · cited by 54
• Kimball & Fink v. Friend's Adm' r 95 Va. 125 · cited by 54
• Reisen v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co. 225 Va. 327 · cited by 54
• Smithey v. Sinclair Refining Co. 203 Va. 142 · cited by 54
• Jones v. Commonwealth 293 Va. 29 · cited by 54
• Tazewell Oil Co. v. United Virginia Bank/Crestar Bank 8 Va. Law Rep. 1784 · cited by 54
• Yeagle v. Collegiate Times 255 Va. 293 · cited by 53
• Verez v. Commonwealth 230 Va. 405 · cited by 53
• Kollman v. Jordan 269 Va. 569 · cited by 53
• Fleming v. Moore 221 Va. 884 · cited by 53
• Featherall v. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. 219 Va. 949 · cited by 53
• Jones v. Commonwealth 208 Va. 370 · cited by 53
• Cartera v. Commonwealth 219 Va. 516 · cited by 53
• Malbrough v. Com. 275 Va. 163 · cited by 53
• Bulala v. Boyd 6 Va. Law Rep. 1399 · cited by 53
• Johnson v. Commonwealth 209 Va. 291 · cited by 53
• NOBLES, IV v. Com. 218 Va. 548 · cited by 53
• Celanese Fibers Co. v. Johnson 229 Va. 117 · cited by 53
• Cheatle v. Rudd's Swimming Pool Supply Co. 4 Va. Law Rep. 805 · cited by 53
• Worrie v. Boze 198 Va. 533 · cited by 53
• Caskey v. Dan River Mills, Inc. 225 Va. 405 · cited by 52
• Trimyer v. Norfolk Tallow Co. 192 Va. 776 · cited by 52
• Gillis v. Commonwealth 215 Va. 298 · cited by 52
• Charles E. Brauer Co. v. NationsBank of Virginia 251 Va. 28 · cited by 52
• Walker v. Commonwealth 258 Va. 54 · cited by 52
• Giant of Virginia, Inc. v. Pigg 207 Va. 679 · cited by 52
• St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. S. L. Nusbaum & Co. 227 Va. 407 · cited by 52
• Reusens v. Lawson 91 Va. 226 · cited by 52
• Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. Dowdy 4 Va. Law Rep. 1978 · cited by 52
• Supervalu, Inc. v. Johnson 276 Va. 356 · cited by 52
• Augusta Mut. Ins. Co. v. Mason 274 Va. 199 · cited by 52
• Amos v. Coffey 228 Va. 88 · cited by 52
• Jones v. Willard 224 Va. 602 · cited by 52
• Midkiff v. Commonwealth 12 Va. Law Rep. 238 · cited by 52
• Farley v. Goode 219 Va. 969 · cited by 52
• Grant v. Commonwealth 223 Va. 680 · cited by 52
• Shackleford v. Commonwealth 262 Va. 196 · cited by 52
• Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Bishop 211 Va. 414 · cited by 52
• W. S. Forbes & Co. v. Southern Cotton Oil Co. 130 Va. 245 · cited by 51
• Keel v. Keel 225 Va. 606 · cited by 51
• Carter v. Commonwealth 45 L.R.A. 310 · cited by 51
• Watkins v. Hall 161 Va. 924 · cited by 51
• Great Coastal Express, Inc. v. Ellington 230 Va. 142 · cited by 51
• Antonelli v. Antonelli 8 Va. Law Rep. 906 · cited by 51
• Peyton v. King 210 Va. 194 · cited by 51
• Bailes v. Sours 231 Va. 96 · cited by 51
• Lawhorne v. Harlan 214 Va. 405 · cited by 51
• Cowan v. Hospice Support Care, Inc. 268 Va. 482 · cited by 51
• Paul Business Systems, Inc. v. Canon U.S.A., Inc. 240 Va. 337 · cited by 51
• Gargiulo v. Ohar 6 Va. Law Rep. 1176 · cited by 51
• Logan v. Montgomery Ward & Co. 216 Va. 425 · cited by 51
• Cofer v. Cofer 205 Va. 834 · cited by 51
• Sunrise Continuing Care, LLC v. Wright 277 Va. 148 · cited by 51
• Dejarnette v. Commonwealth 75 Va. 867 · cited by 51
• Lentz v. Morris 5 Va. Law Rep. 516 · cited by 51
• Ted Lansing Supply Co. v. Royal Aluminum & Construction Corp. 221 Va. 1139 · cited by 51
• Buchanan v. Commonwealth 6 Va. Law Rep. 531 · cited by 51
• Burch v. Grace Street Building Corp. 168 Va. 329 · cited by 50
• Wright v. Everett 197 Va. 608 · cited by 50
• Acuar v. Letourneau 260 Va. 180 · cited by 50
• Donohoe Construction Co. v. Mount Vernon Associates 4 Va. Law Rep. 3040 · cited by 50
• Prillaman v. Commonwealth 199 Va. 401 · cited by 50
• Carter v. Commonwealth 293 Va. 537 · cited by 50
• Powell v. Commonwealth 267 Va. 107 · cited by 50
• Brown v. Commonwealth 230 Va. 310 · cited by 50
• Wright v. Commonwealth 224 Va. 502 · cited by 50
• W. F. Magann Corp. v. Virginia-Carolina Electrical Works, Inc. 203 Va. 259 · cited by 50
• Ridley v. Commonwealth 219 Va. 834 · cited by 49
• Burnette v. Commonwealth 194 Va. 785 · cited by 49
• Virginia Beach Beautification Commission v. Board of Zoning Appeals 231 Va. 415 · cited by 49
• Merritt v. Commonwealth 164 Va. 653 · cited by 49
• Black v. Commonwealth 222 Va. 838 · cited by 49
• Davis v. Mullins 251 Va. 141 · cited by 49
• Hines v. Commonwealth 136 Va. 728 · cited by 49
• Jones v. R. S. Jones & Associates, Inc. 9 Va. Law Rep. 1410 · cited by 49
• Bradner v. Mitchell 4 Va. Law Rep. 1337 · cited by 49
• Lowe v. Commonwealth 218 Va. 670 · cited by 49
• Clinebell v. Commonwealth 4 Va. Law Rep. 2497 · cited by 49
• Barker v. Commonwealth 230 Va. 370 · cited by 49
• Carter v. Commonwealth 223 Va. 528 · cited by 49
• Ansell v. Commonwealth 219 Va. 759 · cited by 49
• Sykes v. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. 186 Va. 116 · cited by 48
• Ulloa v. Qsp, Inc. 271 Va. 72 · cited by 48
• Spencer v. Commonwealth 238 Va. 295 · cited by 48
• Eyre v. Jacob 73 Am. Dec. 367 · cited by 48
• Nusbaum v. Berlin 641 S.E.2d 494 · cited by 48
• Lowe v. Commonwealth 230 Va. 346 · cited by 48
• Jones v. Com. 277 Va. 171 · cited by 48
• Gloth v. Gloth 154 Va. 511 · cited by 48
• Weston's Administratrix v. Hospital of St. Vincent 131 Va. 587 · cited by 48
• R & T INVESTMENTS, LTD. v. Johns 228 Va. 249 · cited by 48
• Horner v. Ahern 207 Va. 860 · cited by 48
• Cobb v. Commonwealth 152 Va. 941 · cited by 48
• McCain v. Com. 275 Va. 546 · cited by 48
• Baggett Transportation Co. of Birmingham v. Dillon 219 Va. 633 · cited by 48
• D.C. McClain, Inc. v. Arlington County 249 Va. 131 · cited by 48
• Dawkins v. Commonwealth 186 Va. 55 · cited by 48
• Mendenhall v. Douglas L. Cooper, Inc. 6 Va. Law Rep. 1013 · cited by 48
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Williams 6 Va. Law Rep. 1604 · cited by 48
• Hunter v. Burroughs 123 Va. 113 · cited by 48
• School Board v. Caudill Rowlett Scott, Inc. 5 Va. Law Rep. 2276 · cited by 47
• Hadeed v. Medic-24, Ltd. 5 Va. Law Rep. 1809 · cited by 47
• Odum v. Commonwealth 225 Va. 123 · cited by 47
• Ross v. Craw 231 Va. 206 · cited by 47
• Lane v. Commonwealth 223 Va. 713 · cited by 47
• Whitfield v. Commonwealth 265 Va. 358 · cited by 47
• Commonwealth v. Proffitt 292 Va. 626 · cited by 47
• Commonwealth v. Zamani 256 Va. 391 · cited by 47
• Carstensen v. Chrisland Corp. 10 Va. Law Rep. 1224 · cited by 47
• Tarpley v. Commonwealth 261 Va. 251 · cited by 47
• Snyder v. Commonwealth 202 Va. 1009 · cited by 47
• Wright v. Webb 4 Va. Law Rep. 1389 · cited by 47
• Wright v. Commonwealth 196 Va. 132 · cited by 47
• Selected Risks Insurance v. Dean 3 Va. Law Rep. 2345 · cited by 47
• Brown v. Haley 3 Va. Law Rep. 2286 · cited by 47
• Triplett v. Commonwealth 141 Va. 577 · cited by 47
• Marshall v. Commonwealth 202 Va. 217 · cited by 47
• Stanley's Cafeteria, Inc. v. Abramson 226 Va. 68 · cited by 47
• Conner v. Bragg 203 Va. 204 · cited by 46
• Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Board of County Supervisors 226 Va. 382 · cited by 46
• State Board of Health v. Godfrey 223 Va. 423 · cited by 46
• Ruth v. Fletcher 5 Va. Law Rep. 1915 · cited by 46
• Lansdown v. Commonwealth 226 Va. 204 · cited by 46
• Mullen v. Mullen 188 Va. 259 · cited by 46
• Allen v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. 222 Va. 361 · cited by 46
• Clodfelter v. Commonwealth 218 Va. 619 · cited by 46
• Koffman v. Garnett 265 Va. 12 · cited by 46
• Whitlock v. Hawkins 105 Va. 242 · cited by 46
• Lenz v. Commonwealth 261 Va. 451 · cited by 46
• Oxenham v. Johnson 7 Va. Law Rep. 1699 · cited by 46
• Commonwealth v. Vaughn 263 Va. 31 · cited by 46
• Riverview Farm Associates Virginia General Partnership v. Board of Supervisors 259 Va. 419 · cited by 46
• Hubbard v. Henrico Ltd. Partnership 255 Va. 335 · cited by 46
• Abi-Najm v. Concord Condominium, LLC 280 Va. 350 · cited by 46
• Justus v. Commonwealth 222 Va. 667 · cited by 46
• Elliott v. Shore Stop, Inc. 6 Va. Law Rep. 346 · cited by 46
• Molina v. Commonwealth 272 Va. 666 · cited by 45
• Zirkle v. Commonwealth 189 Va. 862 · cited by 45
• Glenn v. Com. 275 Va. 123 · cited by 45
• Reittinger v. Commonwealth 260 Va. 232 · cited by 45
• Lloyd v. Smith 150 Va. 132 · cited by 45
• Beavers v. Commonwealth 9 Va. Law Rep. 981 · cited by 45
• Brown v. Koulizakis 229 Va. 524 · cited by 45
• George v. Commonwealth 8 Va. Law Rep. 1180 · cited by 45
• Burlington Mills Corp. v. Hagood 177 Va. 204 · cited by 45
• Weeks v. Commonwealth 248 Va. 460 · cited by 45
• Cooper v. Com. 277 Va. 377 · cited by 45
• Baldwin v. Commonwealth 8 Va. Law Rep. 1901 · cited by 45
• Dennis v. Jones 6 Va. Law Rep. 2523 · cited by 45
• Commonwealth v. Edwards 4 Va. Law Rep. 3003 · cited by 45
• John Doe v. Brown 203 Va. 508 · cited by 45
• Shivaee v. Com. 270 Va. 112 · cited by 45
• Covil v. Com. 268 Va. 692 · cited by 45
• Stamper v. Commonwealth 228 Va. 707 · cited by 45
• Woodfin v. Commonwealth 5 Va. Law Rep. 527 · cited by 44
• Cunningham v. Insurance Company of North America 213 Va. 72 · cited by 44
• Hiss v. Friedberg 201 Va. 572 · cited by 44
• Elliott v. Carter 292 Va. 618 · cited by 44
• Cape Henry Towers, Inc. v. National Gypsum Co. 229 Va. 596 · cited by 44
• Raymond Thomas Council v. Commonwealth 198 Va. 288 · cited by 44
• Poyner v. Commonwealth 229 Va. 401 · cited by 44
• John v. Wong Shik Im 263 Va. 315 · cited by 44
• Quintana v. Commonwealth 224 Va. 127 · cited by 44
• Teleguz v. Com. 273 Va. 458 · cited by 44
• Rawle v. McIlhenny 163 Va. 735 · cited by 44
• Rorer Iron Co. v. Trout 83 Va. 397 · cited by 44
• Turner v. Commonwealth 221 Va. 513 · cited by 44
• Guill v. Commonwealth 255 Va. 134 · cited by 44
• Taylor v. Commonwealth 222 Va. 816 · cited by 44
• McCary v. Commonwealth 228 Va. 219 · cited by 44
• Board of Supervisors v. Snell Construction Corp. 214 Va. 655 · cited by 44
• Baker v. Marcus 201 Va. 905 · cited by 44
• Waye v. Commonwealth 219 Va. 683 · cited by 44
• Sutton v. Commonwealth 228 Va. 654 · cited by 44
• Whalen v. Dean Steel Erection Co., Inc. 229 Va. 164 · cited by 44
• Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Melendez 260 Va. 578 · cited by 44