Commonwealth v. Rivera

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that § 15.1-132 (repealed) and § 46.1-188 (replaced by § 46.2-1313
• “[A]s a state court, we may construe our statutes to have a limited application if such a construction will tailor the statute to a constitutional fit.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ryan's Family Steak Houses, Inc. v. Gowan
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-05-16· cited 18×
• Holland v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-07-21· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Payne
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 1995-04-17· cited 1×
• Saunders v. Commonwealth
  Loudoun County Circuit Court· 1997-04-30
• Spotsylvania County v. Pacheco-Mendez
  Spotsylvania County Circuit Court· 1997-07-07

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. County Board of Arlington County
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-01-14· cited 72×
• Coleman v. City of Richmond
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-01-19· cited 67×
• City of Richmond v. Confrere Club of Richmond, Virginia, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-01-12· cited 56×
• City of Richmond v. Board of Supervisors
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1958-01-20· cited 56×
• Bd. of Sup'rs of Fairfax Cty. v. Horne
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-06-13· cited 49×
• Town of South Hill v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1941-01-13· cited 22×
• County Bd. of Arlington County v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-04-26· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Knott
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-09-11· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Holtz
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-08-20· cited 12×
• Rollins v. Town of Gordonsville
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-06-13· cited 12×
• Sos v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-07-14· cited 10×
• Board of Supervisors of Prince William County v. Wood
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1973-01-15· cited 8×
• County School Board v. Town of Herndon
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1953-04-20· cited 5×
• Gorman v. Sinking Fund Com'rs
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Virginia· 1885-11-15· cited 4×