Burke v. Burke

How courts have described this case

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

• holding a litigant can contractually waive her right of an appeal from a circuit court order
• finding that a waiver was unambiguous when the parties stipulated that “any matter arising out of this agreement shall be decided” by the circuit court, and the court’s decision “shall be final, conclusive and non-appealable”
• “[P]ublic policy does not prevent the parties to a [property settlement agreement] from contracting away their right to appellate review of matters addressed therein.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jerome Alexander Griffin v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-01-12· cited 18×
• Congdon v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-02-15· cited 16×
• Latron Dupree Brown v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-08-01· cited 7×
• Michael Herbert Jessee v. Michelle Evora Jessee, n/k/a Michelle Evora Griffin
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-12-14
• Karen Taylor Kusterer v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-04-21

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Allied-Bruce Terminix Cos., Inc. v. Dobson
  Supreme Court· 1995-01-18· cited 1,626×
• Kelley v. Kelley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-09-16· cited 72×
• Hiett v. Lake Barcroft Community Ass'n
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-06-05· cited 46×
• Douglas v. Hammett
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-12-01· cited 41×
• Gordonsville Energy, L.P. v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-02-26· cited 34×
• Elliott & Ten Eyck Partnership v. City of Long Beach
  California Court of Appeal· 1997-08-29· cited 27×
• Hoste v. Dalton
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1904-09-13· cited 19×
• Blake Construction Co. v. Upper Occoquan Sewage Authority
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-10-31· cited 18×
• United States Consol. Seeded Raisin Co. v. Chaddock & Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1909-11-03· cited 14×
• C. G. Horman Co. v. Lloyd
  Utah Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 13×
• In Re Leonard F. LYBARGER, Attorney; Miriam B. HOUCK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LEE WILSON ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1986-06-18· cited 10×
• McBride v. De Cozen Motor Co.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1927-05-21· cited 7×
• Campbell v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1935-09-19· cited 6×
• Martin v. Basham
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-04-23· cited 5×