Ferguson v. Ferguson

How courts have described this case

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

• construing the provisions of the predecessor of Code § 1-16
• if statute is \one not affecting vested rights\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-10-06· cited 232×
• Vest v. Cobb
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1953-07-28· cited 119×
• Duffy v. Hartsock
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1948-03-01· cited 72×
• Starnes v. Cayouette
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-06-05· cited 57×
• Phipps v. Sutherland
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1959-11-30· cited 44×
• James Lile Hupman v. Harold C. Cook and Cook and Robinson, Incorporated
  Fourth Circuit· 1981-01-23· cited 41×
• Brushy Ridge Coal Co., Inc. v. Blevins
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-04-05· cited 38×
• Gloucester Realty Corp. v. Guthrie
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1944-06-22· cited 33×
• Buenson Division, Aeronca, Inc. v. McCauley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-10-10· cited 25×
• Harris v. DiMattina
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1995-09-15· cited 24×
• Dorothy M. Farish, Guardian for Shirley F. Farish v. Courion Industries, Inc. And Otis Elevator Company
  Fourth Circuit· 1983-12-01· cited 23×
• Jackson v. National Linen Service Corporation
  W.D. Virginia· 1965-12-28· cited 22×
• Shilling v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-08-04· cited 21×
• Branch v. Branch
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1939-04-10· cited 20×
• Lohman v. Sherwood
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1943-06-14· cited 18×
• McIntosh v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1972-10-09· cited 17×
• Grimes v. Crouch
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1940-02-26· cited 17×
• Wyatt v. Virginia Department of Social Services
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-10-23· cited 14×
• Cooper v. Occoquan Land Development Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-03-07· cited 13×
• Papen v. Papen
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-04-23· cited 12×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Mines
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1893-11-04· cited 77×
• Allen v. Mottley Construction Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1933-06-27· cited 71×
• Fishburne & Wife v. Ferguson's Heirs
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1887-12-01· cited 50×
• Hartman v. Strickler
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1886-07-08· cited 37×
• Redford v. Booker
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1936-06-11· cited 34×
• Chappell v. Trent
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1893-12-07· cited 25×
• Jenkins v. Trice
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1929-03-21· cited 24×
• Culpepper v. Robie
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1930-09-12· cited 24×
• Forehand v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1927-01-20· cited 23×
• Montague v. Allan's Ex'or
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1884-02-14· cited 20×
• Long v. Harrison
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1922-11-16· cited 16×
• Thornton v. Thornton's Executors
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1925-01-15· cited 16×
• Smith v. Ottley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1926-03-18· cited 10×