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.

• Bourgeois v. Commonwealth 217 Va. 268 · cited by 29
• Sheets v. Castle 263 Va. 407 · cited by 29
• Ryan v. Commonwealth 219 Va. 439 · cited by 29
• Wootton v. Redd's ex'or 12 Gratt. 196 · cited by 29
• Jones v. Massie 158 Va. 121 · cited by 29
• Virginian Railway Co. v. Haley 156 Va. 350 · cited by 29
• Deahl v. Winchester Department of Social Services 224 Va. 664 · cited by 29
• Ex parte Settle 114 Va. 715 · cited by 29
• Walton v. City of Roanoke 204 Va. 678 · cited by 29
• Fry v. County of Albemarle 86 Va. 195 · cited by 29
• Powell v. Commonwealth 133 Va. 741 · cited by 29
• Thacker v. Commonwealth 134 Va. 767 · cited by 29
• Ely v. Whitlock 6 Va. Law Rep. 804 · cited by 29
• Washington & Old Dominion Railway Co. v. Zell's Administrator 118 Va. 755 · cited by 29
• Cost v. Com. 275 Va. 246 · cited by 29
• Pettyjohn & Sons v. Basham 126 Va. 72 · cited by 29
• Avent v. Commonwealth 209 Va. 474 · cited by 29
• Hatcher v. Commonwealth 218 Va. 811 · cited by 29
• Lipscombe v. Security Insurance Co. of Hartford 213 Va. 81 · cited by 29
• Burdine v. Burdine's Ex'or 98 Va. 515 · cited by 29
• Freeman v. City of Norfolk 221 Va. 57 · cited by 29
• Breard v. Commonwealth 10 Va. Law Rep. 1465 · cited by 29
• Max Meadows Land & Improvement Co. v. Brady 92 Va. 71 · cited by 29
• Haynes v. Glenn 197 Va. 746 · cited by 29
• Cutshaw v. Cutshaw 220 Va. 638 · cited by 29
• Pasley v. English 5 Gratt. 141 · cited by 29
• Limbaugh v. Commonwealth 149 Va. 383 · cited by 29
• Slaughter v. Commonwealth 222 Va. 787 · cited by 29
• Modern Environments, Inc. v. Stinnett 263 Va. 491 · cited by 29
• Lynch v. Commonwealth 131 Va. 762 · cited by 29
• Maryland v. Coard 175 Va. 571 · cited by 29
• Briley v. Commonwealth 221 Va. 532 · cited by 29
• Southern Express Co. v. Commonwealth of Virginia 92 Va. 59 · cited by 29
• Knight v. Moore 179 Va. 139 · cited by 29
• Glass v. David Pender Grocery Co. 174 Va. 196 · cited by 29
• Slaughter v. Smither 97 Va. 202 · cited by 29
• Walker v. Department of Public Welfare 223 Va. 557 · cited by 29
• TransDulles Center, Inc. v. Sharma 252 Va. 20 · cited by 29
• Loudoun County Department of Social Services v. Etzold 9 Va. Law Rep. 757 · cited by 29
• Bentley Funding v. Sk & R Group 269 Va. 315 · cited by 29
• Hargrave v. Commonwealth 214 Va. 436 · cited by 29
• City of Winchester v. Redmond 93 Va. 711 · cited by 29
• Moore v. Commonwealth 222 Va. 72 · cited by 29
• Gilbreath v. Brewster 250 Va. 436 · cited by 29
• Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Lipscomb 4 Va. Law Rep. 961 · cited by 29
• Doss v. Jamco, Inc. 254 Va. 362 · cited by 29
• Bull v. Read 13 Gratt. 78 · cited by 29
• Robinson v. Commonwealth 258 Va. 3 · cited by 29
• O'CONNELL v. Bean 263 Va. 176 · cited by 29
• Beale v. Jones 210 Va. 519 · cited by 29
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Cole 156 Va. 707 · cited by 29
• Alfonso v. Robinson 257 Va. 540 · cited by 29
• City of Virginia Beach v. ESG Enterprises, Inc. 8 Va. Law Rep. 1855 · cited by 29
• Gatewood v. Gatewood 75 Va. 407 · cited by 29
• Martin v. South Salem Land Co. 94 Va. 28 · cited by 29
• WJLA-TV. v. Levin 264 Va. 140 · cited by 29
• Vaiden v. Commonwealth 12 Gratt. 717 · cited by 29
• CUNA Mutual Insurance Society v. Norman 5 Va. Law Rep. 1375 · cited by 29
• City of Norfolk v. Virginia Electric & Power Co. 197 Va. 505 · cited by 29
• Brewer v. First National Bank 202 Va. 807 · cited by 29
• Harris v. T.I., Inc. 8 Va. Law Rep. 1751 · cited by 29
• McMillion v. Dryvit Systems, Inc. 262 Va. 463 · cited by 29
• E. I. duPont deNemours & Co. v. Universal Moulded Products Corp. 191 Va. 525 · cited by 29
• Fallsburg, &c. Co. v. Alexander 61 L.R.A. 129 · cited by 29
• Friedberg v. Riverpoint Building Committee 218 Va. 659 · cited by 29
• Rosser v. Cole 5 Va. Law Rep. 2304 · cited by 29
• Yeary v. Holbrook 171 Va. 266 · cited by 29
• Artrip v. E.E. Berry Equipment Co. 7 Va. Law Rep. 764 · cited by 28
• Thomas Gemmell, Inc. v. Svea Fire & Life Insurance 166 Va. 95 · cited by 28
• Edwards v. City of Portsmouth 5 Va. Law Rep. 1531 · cited by 28
• Powers v. Commonwealth 211 Va. 386 · cited by 28
• Standard Paint Co. v. E. K. Vietor & Co. 120 Va. 595 · cited by 28
• Swann v. Marks 252 Va. 181 · cited by 28
• Johnson v. Commonwealth 252 Va. 425 · cited by 28
• Austin v. Shoney's, Inc. 254 Va. 134 · cited by 28
• Hundley v. Commonwealth 193 Va. 449 · cited by 28
• A.H. v. Rockingham Publishing Co. 255 Va. 216 · cited by 28
• Wright v. Com. 278 Va. 754 · cited by 28
• Oliver v. Commonwealth 151 Va. 533 · cited by 28
• Mathews v. PHH Mortg. Corp. 283 Va. 723 · cited by 28
• Justus v. Com. 274 Va. 143 · cited by 28
• Riverside Hosp., Inc. v. Johnson 272 Va. 518 · cited by 28
• Nelson v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad 88 Va. 971 · cited by 28
• Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Hampton Redevelopment & Housing Authority 217 Va. 30 · cited by 28
• Hopkins, Brother & Co. v. Richardson 9 Va. 485 · cited by 28
• Carter v. Nelms 204 Va. 338 · cited by 28
• Smith v. Farrell 199 Va. 121 · cited by 28
• Plunkett v. Plunkett 271 Va. 162 · cited by 28
• Richmond Memorial Hospital v. Crane 222 Va. 283 · cited by 28
• Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Heath 103 Va. 64 · cited by 28
• DUNN CONST. CO. v. Cloney 278 Va. 260 · cited by 28
• Tilton v. Commonwealth 196 Va. 774 · cited by 28
• Walker v. Brooks 203 Va. 417 · cited by 28
• Gasque v. Mooers Motor Car Co., Inc. 227 Va. 154 · cited by 28
• Baltimore & Ohio R. R. v. McKenzie 81 Va. 71 · cited by 28
• Burks v. Webb, Administratrix 199 Va. 296 · cited by 28
• Ewell v. Commonwealth 254 Va. 214 · cited by 28
• Bell v. Commonwealth 167 Va. 526 · cited by 28
• Johnson v. Commonwealth 135 Va. 524 · cited by 28
• Bailey v. Commonwealth 82 Va. 107 · cited by 28
• Payne v. Commonwealth 257 Va. 216 · cited by 28
• Angstadt v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance 249 Va. 444 · cited by 28
• Lambert v. Downtown Garage, Inc. 262 Va. 707 · cited by 28
• Williams v. Joynes 278 Va. 57 · cited by 28
• Price v. Burton 155 Va. 229 · cited by 28
• Dun v. Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad 78 Va. 645 · cited by 28
• Rea, Administratrix v. Ford 198 Va. 712 · cited by 28
• Roe v. Com. 271 Va. 453 · cited by 28
• Trucking Corporation v. Commonwealth 207 Va. 23 · cited by 28
• Sims Wholesale Co. v. Brown-Forman Corp. 251 Va. 398 · cited by 28
• Morris v. United Virginia Bank 5 Va. Law Rep. 1873 · cited by 28
• James v. Jane 267 S.E.2d 108 · cited by 28
• Miller v. Commonwealth 172 Va. 639 · cited by 28
• Economopoulos v. Kolaitis 259 Va. 806 · cited by 28
• Board of Supervisors v. Donatelli & Klein, Inc. 228 Va. 620 · cited by 28
• Hawks v. Cox 211 Va. 91 · cited by 28
• Ward v. Commonwealth 205 Va. 564 · cited by 28
• Bibb's Adm'r v. N. & W. R. R. 87 Va. 711 · cited by 28
• Baker v. Nussman 152 Va. 293 · cited by 28
• Stevenson v. Spivey 132 Va. 115 · cited by 28
• Remington v. Commonwealth 262 Va. 333 · cited by 28
• Wallihan v. Hughes 196 Va. 117 · cited by 28
• Heacock v. Commonwealth 228 Va. 397 · cited by 28
• City of Portsmouth v. City of Chesapeake 205 Va. 259 · cited by 28
• Walton v. Commonwealth 256 Va. 85 · cited by 28
• Young v. Commonwealth 101 Va. 853 · cited by 28
• Dairyland Insurance v. Douthat 248 Va. 627 · cited by 28
• Yarbrough v. Commonwealth 258 Va. 347 · cited by 28
• Progress Printing Co., Inc. v. Nichols 9 Va. Law Rep. 288 · cited by 28
• Metrocall of Delaware, Inc. v. Continental Cellular Corp. 10 Va. Law Rep. 433 · cited by 28
• First National Bank v. Holland 55 L.R.A. 155 · cited by 28
• Atlantic & Danville Railway Co. v. Reiger 95 Va. 418 · cited by 28
• Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad v. Joyner's Adm'r 92 Va. 354 · cited by 28
• Humphreys v. Commonwealth 186 Va. 765 · cited by 28
• E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. v. Taylor 124 Va. 750 · cited by 28
• Johnson, Ronald v. Commonwealth 292 Va. 738 · cited by 28
• Pruett v. Commonwealth 3 Va. Law Rep. 1217 · cited by 28
• Yeatts v. Murray 249 Va. 285 · cited by 28
• James Ex Rel. Duncan v. James 263 Va. 474 · cited by 28
• Hankins v. Town of Virginia Beach 182 Va. 642 · cited by 28
• Pulliam v. Coastal Emergency Services of Richmond, Inc. 257 Va. 1 · cited by 28
• Overton's heirs v. Davisson 42 Am. Dec. 544 · cited by 28
• Bowles v. Commonwealth 103 Va. 816 · cited by 28
• Chaffin v. Lynch 83 Va. 106 · cited by 28
• Lapidus v. Lapidus 226 Va. 575 · cited by 28
• Meeks v. Com. 274 Va. 798 · cited by 28
• Watkins v. Halco Engineering, Inc. 225 Va. 97 · cited by 28
• Blue Ridge Anesthesia & Critical Care, Inc. v. Gidick 6 Va. Law Rep. 1581 · cited by 28
• Ravenwood Towers, Inc. v. Woodyard 8 Va. Law Rep. 3219 · cited by 27
• White v. Morano 249 Va. 27 · cited by 27
• Brown v. Huddleston 213 Va. 146 · cited by 27
• Jordan v. Sauve 219 Va. 448 · cited by 27
• Doe v. Thomas 227 Va. 466 · cited by 27
• Grossmann v. Saunders 5 Va. Law Rep. 1471 · cited by 27
• F. S. Bowen Electric Co. v. Foley 194 Va. 92 · cited by 27
• Wilson v. Hundley 96 Va. 96 · cited by 27
• Blondel v. Hays 7 Va. Law Rep. 2301 · cited by 27
• Murphy v. Holiday Inns, Inc. 216 Va. 490 · cited by 27
• Brooks v. City of Newport News 224 Va. 311 · cited by 27
• STATION 2, LLC v. Lynch 280 Va. 166 · cited by 27
• Murillo-Rodriguez v. Com. 279 Va. 64 · cited by 27
• Wells v. Weston 229 Va. 72 · cited by 27
• Guarantee Co. of North America v. First National Bank of Lynchburg 95 Va. 480 · cited by 27
• Cox v. Hagan 125 Va. 656 · cited by 27
• Patterson v. Commonwealth 215 Va. 698 · cited by 27
• Kasi v. Commonwealth 256 Va. 407 · cited by 27
• Virginia National Bank v. Harris 220 Va. 336 · cited by 27
• Arwood v. Hill's Administrator 135 Va. 235 · cited by 27
• Morgen Industries, Inc. v. Vaughan 252 Va. 60 · cited by 27
• Ballard v. Commonwealth 156 Va. 980 · cited by 27
• Herchenbach v. Commonwealth 185 Va. 217 · cited by 27
• Williams v. Vaughan 214 Va. 307 · cited by 27
• Forst v. Rockingham Poultry Marketing Cooperative, Inc. 222 Va. 270 · cited by 27
• Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc. v. Fanning 4 Va. Law Rep. 2424 · cited by 27
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Duncan 203 Va. 440 · cited by 27
• Matthews v. Matthews 277 Va. 522 · cited by 27
• Wytheville Ins. & Banking Co. v. Teiger 90 Va. 277 · cited by 27
• Davis v. Beazley 1 Va. Dec. 390 · cited by 27
• Arlington County Board v. Ginsberg 228 Va. 633 · cited by 27
• Peshine v. Shepperson 94 Am. Dec. 468 · cited by 27
• Sanchez v. Medicorp Health System 270 Va. 299 · cited by 27
• Central State Hospital v. Wiggers 230 Va. 157 · cited by 27
• Brighthope Railway Co. v. Rogers 76 Va. 443 · cited by 27
• Wiecking v. Allied Medical Supply Corp. 6 Va. Law Rep. 2107 · cited by 27
• Stewart v. Commonwealth 9 Va. Law Rep. 956 · cited by 27
• Virginia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Williams 278 Va. 75 · cited by 27
• Richmond & Danville Railroad v. Medley 75 Va. 499 · cited by 27
• Orr v. Pennington 93 Va. 268 · cited by 27
• McMillan v. Com. 277 Va. 11 · cited by 27
• Martin's Executors v. Commonwealth 126 Va. 603 · cited by 27
• Norris v. Mitchell 255 Va. 235 · cited by 27
• Royal Indemnity Co. v. Hook 155 Va. 956 · cited by 27
• Chappell v. White 182 Va. 625 · cited by 27
• Lilly v. Commonwealth 255 Va. 558 · cited by 27
• Greenspan v. Osheroff 3 Va. Law Rep. 1384 · cited by 27
• Harrison v. Commonwealth 9 Va. Law Rep. 556 · cited by 27
• Gray v. Gray 228 Va. 696 · cited by 27
• Andrews v. Commonwealth 216 Va. 179 · cited by 27
• Judd v. Van Horn 195 Va. 988 · cited by 27
• Dan River Mills, Inc. v. Unemployment Compensation Commission 195 Va. 997 · cited by 27