Buchanan v. Buchanan

How courts have described this case

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

• “Courts of equity, having once acquired jurisdiction, never lose it . . . unless [a] statute . . . use[s] prohibitory or restrictive words” (citation omitted)
• a suit for specific performance may be brought to enforce child support obligations contained in a property settlement agreement
• a suit for specific performance may be brought to enforce child support obligations contained in a property settlement agreement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Verrocchio v. Verrocchio
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-04-27· cited 52×
• Southwest Virginia Hospitals, Inc. v. Lipps
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-12-03· cited 41×
• McClaugherty v. McClaugherty
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1942-09-09· cited 37×
• Collins v. Lyon, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1943-03-08· cited 29×
• White v. White
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1943-03-08· cited 27×
• Waskey v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-09-09· cited 26×
• Chattin v. Chattin
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1993-02-26· cited 24×
• Foster v. Foster
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1953-09-10· cited 21×
• Floyd v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1950-01-16· cited 21×
• L. O'Quinn v. P. Looney
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1953-01-26· cited 19×
• Morris v. Henry
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-04-21· cited 18×
• Steven T. Russell v. Karen A. Russell
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-06-17· cited 15×
• Spagnolo v. Spagnolo
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-08-29· cited 9×
• Overnite Transportation Co. v. Woodfin
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1955-01-17· cited 5×
• Shepherd v. Richmond Engineering Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1946-01-14· cited 4×
• Commercial & Savings Bank v. Maher
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1960-11-28· cited 3×
• Hill School v. Buchanan
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1940-01-08· cited 2×
• National Savings & Trust Co. v. Buchanan
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1944-11-20
• Sowers v. Hamilton Dev. Co.
  Chesterfield County Circuit Court· 1989-02-09

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Buchanan v. Buchanan
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1938-03-10· cited 53×
• Feckheimer v. National Exchange Bank
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1884-05-01· cited 24×
• Eschner v. Eschner
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1926-02-25· cited 24×
• Campbell v. Rust
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1889-01-17· cited 16×
• Nicholas v. Nicholas
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1937-11-11· cited 8×
• Blanton v. Keneipp
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1931-01-15· cited 5×