Anderson v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Courts are not permitted to rewrite statutes. This is a legislative function. The manifest intention of the legislature, clearly disclosed by its language, must be applied.”
• “Courts are not permitted to rewrite statutes. This is a legislative function.”
• “Courts are not permitted to rewrite statutes. This is a legislative function.”
• \Courts are not permitted to rewrite statutes.\
• \Courts are not permitted to rewrite statutes\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

71 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Barr v. Town & Country Properties, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-09-21· cited 238×
• Boynton v. Kilgore
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2006-01-13· cited 154×
• Hubbard v. Henrico Ltd. Partnership
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-02-27· cited 117×
• George M. Epps, Sheriff of City of Petersburg, Virginia v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-03-14· cited 115×
• Farnsworth v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-07-27· cited 94×
• Jackson v. Fidelity and Deposit Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2005-03-03· cited 74×
• Supinger v. Stakes
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-01-09· cited 65×
• Kenneth A. Stokes, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-01-15· cited 54×
• Sierra v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-03-20· cited 49×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-05-11· cited 41×
• Holsapple v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-01-14· cited 38×
• Krampen v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-02-09· cited 36×
• Reynolds v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-06-29· cited 35×
• Wade v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1960-09-02· cited 33×
• Lovisi v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1972-04-24· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Thomas
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-12-17· cited 31×
• Gilliam v. McGrady
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-04-15· cited 30×
• Orlando Rondell Williams v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-10-23· cited 27×
• Patterson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-01-28· cited 27×
• McCary v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-12-30· cited 25×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Faulkner v. Town of South Boston
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1925-03-19· cited 25×
• McKay v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1923-11-15· cited 16×
• Boyles v. City of Roanoke
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1942-04-13· cited 15×