Rickman v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that the “right-result-different-reason doctrine” is applicable in a case in which the appellate court “express[es] no view on the correctness of the lower court’s rationale”
• finding that the term “shall” is usually discretionary rather than mandatory and thus no specific exclusive remedy applies unless the statute manifests a contrary intent
• recognizing the “right-result-different-reason” doctrine as permitting an appellate court to affirm a lower court’s judgment without expressing a “view on the correctness of the lower court’s rationale”
• stating that “[n]o litigant or court should willfully disregard” a “shall” command
• explaining that both mandatory and directory statutes use the word “shall”
• recognizing the appellate power to affirm on different legal grounds

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Cited by

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

• Parker v. Carilion Clinic
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2018-11-01· cited 32×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2018-12-13· cited 2×
• Reyes v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2019-02-21· cited 2×
• Dwyer v. Town of Culpeper (ORDER)
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2019-03-28
• Roy Leeshun Williams v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-01-14
• Melanie Vandyke v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-03-31
• Padula-Wilson v. Landry
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2020-05-14
• Wal-Mart Stores East, LP v. State Corporation Commission
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2020-07-09
• Wood v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2020-10-22
• VEPCO v. SCC
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2021-07-15
• City of Charlottesville v. Sclafani
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2021-08-26
• Virginia Manufacturers Association v. Ralph S. Northam, Governor of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-12-07
• James Eberhardt v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-12-14
• Sidya v. World Telecom Exchange Communications
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2022-03-24
• Andrew Joseph Haefele v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-10-18
• Travis Alexander Bland Henderson, s/k/a Travis Alexander Bland-Henderson v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-04-11
• City-to-City Auto Sales, LLC v. Ronald Harris
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-08-29
• Patrick Austin Carolino v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-11-28
• Bland-Henderson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2024-06-20
• Samuel Rolofson v. Brittany Fraser
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-07-30

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Barker v. Wingo
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-22· cited 12,108×
• Perry v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-11-04· cited 219×
• Jennings v. Stephens
  Supreme Court· 2015-01-14· cited 106×
• Central Virginia Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates, P.C. v. Whitfield
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-01-13· cited 73×
• Jamborsky v. Baskins
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-04-15· cited 65×
• Jackson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-04-17· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Rafferty
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-03-01· cited 53×
• Miller & Rhoads Bldg., L.L.C. v. City of Richmond
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2016-09-15· cited 46×
• Howard v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2011-03-04· cited 44×
• Nelms v. Vaughan
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1888-04-05· cited 42×
• Flanary v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1945-09-05· cited 39×
• Butler v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-11-01· cited 37×
• Turner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-03-05· cited 34×
• Huffman v. Kite
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1956-06-18· cited 31×
• Townes v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2005-03-03· cited 26×
• Bolling v. Lersner
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1875-03-25· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Wilks
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-06-09· cited 14×
• Hood v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-11-04· cited 13×
• Tran v. Board of Zoning Appeals
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-11-03· cited 12×

Other cases named Rickman v. Commonwealth

5 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Rickman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-10-10· cited 11×
• Rickman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1922-09-26· cited 7×
• Rickman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1925-03-20· cited 2×
• Rickman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1930-01-17· cited 1×
• Rickman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2017-12-28