Clark v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, under Virginia law, “[m]ere insulting and abusive words alone cannot constitute actionable assault’

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Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Clark v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-04-15· cited 90×
• Parish v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-06-01· cited 73×
• Ware v. James City County, Virginia
  E.D. Virginia· 2009-09-04· cited 22×
• VELASQUEZ
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2010-07-01· cited 15×
• Gheorghiu v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-08-25· cited 7×
• Brandon Scott Blankenship v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-03-10
• Hanson v. Cassidy (In re Cassidy)
  W.D. Virginia· 2019-01-10
• Marquay Christopher Alston, s/k/a Marquay Christopher Lee Alston v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-05-23
• Lamari Najek House v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-05-19

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-07-21· cited 959×
• Commonwealth v. Hudson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-04-17· cited 850×
• Archer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-11-10· cited 692×
• Rollston v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-01-02· cited 287×
• Campbell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-05-14· cited 275×
• Koffman v. Garnett
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-01-10· cited 106×
• Lamb v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1992-10-01· cited 85×
• Cohn v. Knowledge Connections, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-09-12· cited 67×
• Harper v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1955-01-17· cited 67×
• Carter v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2005-01-14· cited 45×
• Bennett v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-05-15· cited 45×
• COM., OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER v. Barker
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-04-18· cited 35×
• Burgess v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1923-01-18· cited 29×
• Harper v. Patterson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-11-15· cited 28×
• Carter v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-03-30· cited 15×