Lilly v. Caroline County

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a plaintiff landowner’s failure to timely appeal the underlying zoning administrator’s decision to the BZA triggered the thing-decided doctrine’s application
• noting that “[t]here is no requirement in the statute that the administrator’s decision be in writing”
• dismissal of declaratory judgment action based on failure to file appeal with board of zoning appeals
• finding notice claims waived because plaintiffs “were present and participated”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lee v. City of Norfolk
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2011-03-04· cited 31×
• McGhee v. Zoning Appeals Board
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2001-06-25· cited 2×
• Bragg Hill Corp. v. City of Fredericksburg
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2019-08-15· cited 1×
• Ripol v. Westmoreland County Industrial Development Authority
  Westmoreland County Circuit Court· 2010-12-28· cited 1×
• Eubank v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2021-08-05
• Fairfax County Board of Supervisors v. Zoning Appeals Board
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2006-12-12
• Heflin v. Caroline County
  Caroline County Circuit Court· 2010-03-01
• McLane v. Wiseman
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2011-11-09
• Grenata Homeowners Ass'n v. Loudoun County Board of Supervisors
  Loudoun County Circuit Court· 2016-04-22
• Graydon Manor, LLC v. Board of Supervisors of Loudoun County, Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-11-21
• MAD Properties, LLC v. County of Augusta
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-12-30
• Oak Valley Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Prince William County Board of Supervisors
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-07-22
• Kennon Copeland v. Greene County Board of Supervisors
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-04-14

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Dick Kelly Enterprises v. City of Norfolk
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-04-17· cited 28×
• Gwinn v. Alward
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-06-10· cited 26×
• Vulcan Materials Co. v. Board of Supervisors
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-06-10· cited 15×
• Rinker v. City of Fairfax
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-06-09· cited 14×