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.

• Stonega Coal & Coke Co. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad 106 Va. 223 · cited by 37
• Mason v. Commonwealth 200 Va. 253 · cited by 37
• Schickling v. Aspinall 4 Va. Law Rep. 2971 · cited by 37
• Lamar's Ex'or v. Hale 79 Va. 147 · cited by 37
• Coward v. Wellmont Health System 295 Va. 351 · cited by 37
• Crabbe v. School Board and Albrite 209 Va. 356 · cited by 37
• Renner Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. v. Renner 225 Va. 508 · cited by 37
• Hamilton v. Com. 279 Va. 94 · cited by 37
• J . . . v. Victory Tabernacle Baptist Church 5 Va. Law Rep. 637 · cited by 36
• Virginia Railway & Power Co. v. Gorsuch 120 Va. 655 · cited by 36
• Bly v. Rhoads 216 Va. 645 · cited by 36
• Whitley v. Commonwealth 223 Va. 66 · cited by 36
• Anderson v. Hygeia Hotel Co. 92 Va. 687 · cited by 36
• Niese v. City of Alexandria 264 Va. 230 · cited by 36
• Hammers v. Hammers 216 Va. 30 · cited by 36
• Davis v. Marshall Homes, Inc. 265 Va. 159 · cited by 36
• Immer and Company v. Brosnahan 207 Va. 720 · cited by 36
• Fowlkes v. Commonwealth 218 Va. 763 · cited by 36
• Duffy v. Hartsock 187 Va. 406 · cited by 36
• ABOD v. Commonwealth 218 Va. 473 · cited by 36
• Scott v. Moore 98 Va. 668 · cited by 36
• Smith v. Horn 3 Va. Law Rep. 1265 · cited by 36
• Eckhart v. Commonwealth 222 Va. 447 · cited by 36
• Employers Commercial Union Insurance Co. of America v. Great American Insurance 214 Va. 410 · cited by 36
• Beale v. Kappa Alpha Order 192 Va. 382 · cited by 36
• Nationwide Insurance v. Patterson 229 Va. 627 · cited by 36
• Hart v. Commonwealth 131 Va. 726 · cited by 36
• Floyd v. Northern Neck Insurance 9 Va. Law Rep. 917 · cited by 36
• Womack v. Commonwealth 220 Va. 5 · cited by 36
• Martin v. Commonwealth 221 Va. 436 · cited by 36
• Zinone v. LEE'S CROSSING HOMEOWNERS ASS'N 282 Va. 330 · cited by 36
• Ayyildiz v. Kidd 220 Va. 1080 · cited by 36
• United Leasing Corp. v. Thrift Ins. Corp. 10 Va. Law Rep. 1015 · cited by 36
• Packer v. Hornsby 221 Va. 117 · cited by 36
• Stephenson v. Taverners 9 Gratt. 398 · cited by 36
• Eckhart v. Commonwealth 222 Va. 213 · cited by 36
• Hospital of St. Vincent of Paul v. Thompson 116 Va. 101 · cited by 36
• Flippo v. CSC Associates III, L.L.C. 262 Va. 48 · cited by 36
• Wackwitz v. Roy 8 Va. Law Rep. 3230 · cited by 36
• Nicholas v. Commonwealth 91 Va. 741 · cited by 36
• Commonwealth v. Baker 258 Va. 1 · cited by 36
• Clark v. Com. 279 Va. 636 · cited by 36
• Ames v. Town of Painter 6 Va. Law Rep. 1549 · cited by 36
• Lilly v. Commonwealth 258 Va. 548 · cited by 36
• Farant Investment Corp. v. Francis 138 Va. 417 · cited by 36
• Rhodes v. Commonwealth 6 Va. Law Rep. 639 · cited by 36
• Lyons v. Grether 218 Va. 630 · cited by 36
• Allison v. Allison's Executors 63 L.R.A. 920 · cited by 36
• City of Richmond v. Braxton 230 Va. 161 · cited by 36
• MacKall v. Commonwealth 5 Va. Law Rep. 670 · cited by 36
• Tuscarora, Inc. v. B.V.A. Credit Corp. 218 Va. 849 · cited by 36
• Burns v. Commonwealth 261 Va. 307 · cited by 36
• Hodge v. Commonwealth 217 Va. 338 · cited by 36
• Horne v. Superior Life Insurance Company 203 Va. 282 · cited by 36
• Brenner v. Lawyers Title Ins. Corp. 240 Va. 185 · cited by 36
• Payne v. Commonwealth 3 Va. Law Rep. 2720 · cited by 36
• Cunningham v. Smith 205 Va. 205 · cited by 36
• Ragan v. Woodcroft Village Apartments 255 Va. 322 · cited by 36
• Keister's Administrator v. Keister's Executors 123 Va. 157 · cited by 36
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Bailey Lumber Co. 221 Va. 638 · cited by 36
• Norfolk Southern Railroad v. Gretakis 162 Va. 597 · cited by 36
• Kelley v. Kelley 248 Va. 295 · cited by 36
• Federal Reserve Bank v. Peters 139 Va. 45 · cited by 36
• Hinton v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America 175 Va. 205 · cited by 36
• Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Gill 224 Va. 92 · cited by 35
• Williams v. Commonwealth 4 Va. Law Rep. 570 · cited by 35
• Turner v. Commonwealth 218 Va. 141 · cited by 35
• City of Richmond v. Board of Supervisors 199 Va. 679 · cited by 35
• Farish & Co. v. Reigle 11 Gratt. 697 · cited by 35
• Barnes v. Commonwealth 92 Va. 794 · cited by 35
• Simon v. Commonwealth 220 Va. 412 · cited by 35
• Rawlings' Ex'or v. Rawlings 75 Va. 76 · cited by 35
• Church v. Commonwealth 230 Va. 208 · cited by 35
• Burns v. Board of Sup'rs of Fairfax Cty. 218 Va. 625 · cited by 35
• Burns v. Board of Sup'rs of Stafford County 227 Va. 354 · cited by 35
• Virginia Hot Springs Co. v. McCray 106 Va. 461 · cited by 35
• Quesinberry v. Commonwealth 7 Va. Law Rep. 1796 · cited by 35
• Snyder-Falkinham v. Stockburger 249 Va. 376 · cited by 35
• Burroughs v. Walmont, Inc. 210 Va. 98 · cited by 35
• Green v. Ruffin 141 Va. 628 · cited by 35
• Elizabeth River Tunnel District v. Beecher 202 Va. 452 · cited by 35
• Hart v. Commonwealth 221 Va. 283 · cited by 35
• Towner v. Lucas' ex'or 13 Gratt. 705 · cited by 35
• Paramount Termite Control Co. v. Rector 5 Va. Law Rep. 2888 · cited by 35
• Rockwell v. Allman 211 Va. 560 · cited by 35
• Supinger v. Stakes 255 Va. 198 · cited by 35
• Burruss v. Hines 94 Va. 413 · cited by 35
• Glidewell v. Murray-Lacy & Co. 124 Va. 563 · cited by 35
• County of Campbell v. Howard 133 Va. 19 · cited by 35
• Fishburne & Wife v. Ferguson's Heirs 84 Va. 87 · cited by 35
• Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Arrington 126 Va. 194 · cited by 35
• Britt v. Com. 276 Va. 569 · cited by 35
• Weaver v. Roanoke Department of Human Resources 220 Va. 921 · cited by 35
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Smith 206 Va. 280 · cited by 35
• Waterfront Marine Construction, Inc. v. North End 49ers Sandbridge Bulkhead Groups A, B and C 251 Va. 417 · cited by 35
• Quarles v. Lacy 4 Munf. 251 · cited by 35
• Perk v. Vector Resources Group, Ltd. 253 Va. 310 · cited by 35
• Southern Railway Co. v. Bailey 110 Va. 833 · cited by 35
• Payne v. Commonwealth 292 Va. 855 · cited by 35
• Commonwealth v. Harley 256 Va. 216 · cited by 35
• Pullen v. Nickens 226 Va. 342 · cited by 35
• Danville Plywood Corp. v. Plain & Fancy Kitchens, Inc. 218 Va. 533 · cited by 35
• Brown v. Brown 218 Va. 196 · cited by 35
• Allen v. Commonwealth 122 Va. 834 · cited by 35
• Halifax Corp. v. First Union National Bank 262 Va. 91 · cited by 35
• Taylor v. City of Newport News 214 Va. 9 · cited by 34
• Slone v. General Motors Corp. 249 Va. 520 · cited by 34
• Southerland v. Estate of Southerland 249 Va. 584 · cited by 34
• Starnes v. Cayouette 8 Va. Law Rep. 3393 · cited by 34
• Davis v. Merrill 133 Va. 69 · cited by 34
• Virginia Railway & Power Co. v. Godsey 117 Va. 167 · cited by 34
• Tuomala v. Regent University 252 Va. 368 · cited by 34
• Shanks v. Lancaster 5 Gratt. 110 · cited by 34
• Deaner v. Commonwealth 210 Va. 285 · cited by 34
• Bowers v. Westvaco Corp. 8 Va. Law Rep. 3316 · cited by 34
• Reynolds v. Milk Commission 163 Va. 957 · cited by 34
• Kitchen v. City of Newport News 275 Va. 378 · cited by 34
• LOFTON RIDGE v. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co. 268 Va. 377 · cited by 34
• Etherton v. Doe 268 Va. 209 · cited by 34
• Connell's Ex'ors v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. 93 Va. 44 · cited by 34
• Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Wilson 221 Va. 979 · cited by 34
• STB Marketing Corp. v. Zolfaghari 6 Va. Law Rep. 2672 · cited by 34
• Holles v. Sunrise Terrace, Inc. 257 Va. 131 · cited by 34
• Greenfield v. Commonwealth 214 Va. 710 · cited by 34
• Commonwealth v. Dodson 176 Va. 281 · cited by 34
• Johnson v. Insurance Co. of North America 3 Va. Law Rep. 1311 · cited by 34
• Cummings v. Fulghum 261 Va. 73 · cited by 34
• Cluverius v. Commonwealth 81 Va. 787 · cited by 34
• Kern v. Freed Co., Inc. 224 Va. 678 · cited by 34
• Miles v. Commonwealth 205 Va. 462 · cited by 34
• Danville Community Hospital, Inc. v. Thompson 186 Va. 746 · cited by 34
• Crawford v. Com. 281 Va. 84 · cited by 34
• Fishback v. Commonwealth 260 Va. 104 · cited by 34
• Barnes v. Ashworth 154 Va. 218 · cited by 34
• Keller v. Denny 3 Va. Law Rep. 1704 · cited by 34
• Bloodworth v. Ellis 221 Va. 18 · cited by 34
• First National Bank v. William R. Trigg Co. 106 Va. 327 · cited by 34
• Combs v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. 256 Va. 490 · cited by 34
• Boykins Narrow Fabrics Corp. v. Weldon Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc. 221 Va. 81 · cited by 34
• Hamilton v. Commonwealth 217 Va. 325 · cited by 34
• Robinson v. Com. 273 Va. 26 · cited by 34
• Richmond & Manchester Railway Co. v. Moore's Adm'r 94 Va. 493 · cited by 34
• LaPrade v. Commonwealth 191 Va. 410 · cited by 34
• Coleman v. Commonwealth 261 Va. 196 · cited by 34
• Young v. Dyer 161 Va. 434 · cited by 34
• Nelson v. Carrington 4 Munf. 332 · cited by 34
• Washington v. Com. 272 Va. 449 · cited by 34
• Fauver v. Bell 192 Va. 518 · cited by 34
• Dorn v. Dorn 222 Va. 288 · cited by 34
• Falden v. Commonwealth 167 Va. 542 · cited by 34
• Board of Supervisors v. BOARD OF ZONING 271 Va. 336 · cited by 34
• Horne v. Holley 167 Va. 234 · cited by 33
• Sergeant v. Denby 87 Va. 206 · cited by 33
• Glisson v. Loxley 4 Va. Law Rep. 1987 · cited by 33
• Bloom v. Commonwealth 262 Va. 814 · cited by 33
• Thomas' Adm'r v. Lewis 18 L.R.A. 170 · cited by 33
• Beverly Enterprises-Virginia, Inc. v. Nichols 10 Va. Law Rep. 995 · cited by 33
• United Construction Workers v. Laburnum Construction Corp. 194 Va. 872 · cited by 33
• Stenrich Group v. Jemmott 251 Va. 186 · cited by 33
• Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Rison 99 Va. 18 · cited by 33
• Westminster Investing Corp. v. Lamps Unlimited, Inc. 5 Va. Law Rep. 2268 · cited by 33
• White v. Barnes 139 Va. 471 · cited by 33
• Plummer v. Center Psychiatrists, Ltd. 252 Va. 233 · cited by 33
• Bunting v. Commonwealth 208 Va. 309 · cited by 33
• Navar, Inc. v. Federal Business Council 291 Va. 338 · cited by 33
• Lovitt v. Commonwealth 260 Va. 497 · cited by 33
• Board of Supervisors v. King Land Corp. 5 Va. Law Rep. 2801 · cited by 33
• Simmons v. Commonwealth 217 Va. 552 · cited by 33
• Heflin v. Heflin 177 Va. 385 · cited by 33
• Patterson v. Saunders 194 Va. 607 · cited by 33
• Huffman v. Love 9 Va. Law Rep. 1005 · cited by 33
• Sanderlin v. Baxter 76 Va. 299 · cited by 33
• Thomas v. Com. 279 Va. 131 · cited by 33
• Norfolk & Ocean View Railway Co. v. Consolidated Turnpike Co. 111 Va. 131 · cited by 33
• Akers v. Commonwealth 216 Va. 40 · cited by 33
• Sulphur Mines Co. v. Thompson's Heirs 93 Va. 293 · cited by 33
• Featherstone v. Brooks 220 Va. 443 · cited by 33
• Albemarle County v. Marshall, Clerk 215 Va. 756 · cited by 33
• Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Dungee 258 Va. 235 · cited by 33
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Arghyris 189 Va. 913 · cited by 33
• Earley v. Landsidle 257 Va. 365 · cited by 33
• Woodson v. Celina Mutual Insurance 211 Va. 423 · cited by 33
• McMunn v. Tatum 5 Va. Law Rep. 2285 · cited by 33
• Hubbard v. Dresser, Inc. 271 Va. 117 · cited by 33
• Marshall v. Winston 6 Va. Law Rep. 1518 · cited by 33
• Wood v. American National Bank 100 Va. 306 · cited by 33
• Miller v. Wills 95 Va. 337 · cited by 33
• Boggs v. Commonwealth 229 Va. 501 · cited by 33
• Hutcheson v. Savings Bank of Richmond 129 Va. 281 · cited by 33
• Com. v. Hilliard 270 Va. 42 · cited by 33
• Morris v. Dame's 161 Va. 545 · cited by 32
• Commonwealth v. Redmond 264 Va. 321 · cited by 32
• Virginia Auto Mutual Insurance v. Brillhart 187 Va. 336 · cited by 32
• Lee v. Southland Corp. 219 Va. 23 · cited by 32
• Stevenson v. Commonwealth 218 Va. 462 · cited by 32
• Jones v. Commonwealth 141 Va. 471 · cited by 32
• Blythe v. Commonwealth 222 Va. 722 · cited by 32
• Nero v. Ferris 222 Va. 807 · cited by 32
• Tri-State Coach Corp. v. Walsh 188 Va. 299 · cited by 32
• Johnson's Adm'x v. Richmond & Danville R. R. 86 Va. 975 · cited by 32