Long 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 the forty-day time limit in Rule 5A: 12(a) for filing a petition for appeal is a jurisdictional requirement
• involving case in which petition was sent via first class rather than registered or certified mail and was received after due date
• “If the language of a statute is plain and unambiguous ..., effect must be given to it regardless of what courts think of its wisdom or policy.”
• where document was received by clerk’s office after due date but official postmark showed timely mailing, holding submission not timely filed under Rule 5A:3(c) because it was sent via first class mail rather than certified or registered mail

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Carlton v. Paxton
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-03-17· cited 38×
• Riner v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-05-06· cited 32×
• Specialty Auto Body v. Cook
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-04-14· cited 24×
• Thomas Gerald Adkins, Sr. v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-02-04· cited 18×
• Wiggins v. Fairfax Park Ltd. Partnership
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-05-14· cited 12×
• Haywood v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-11-03· cited 5×
• Dennis Vernon White v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-01-27· cited 4×
• Carlton v. Paxton
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-05-21
• Carter v. Virginia Board of Medicine
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 2001-03-01

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mayo v. Department of Commerce
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-08-04· cited 54×
• Temple v. City of Petersburg
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1944-03-13· cited 38×
• Vaughn v. Vaughn
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1974-12-02· cited 25×
• Tharp v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-06-15· cited 18×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-02-18· cited 18×
• Jordan v. Price
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-02-17· cited 14×
• Upshur v. Haynes Furniture Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-01-18· cited 9×