Sink v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the legal principle of waiver “focuses on the intent of the party against whom the waiver is asserted”
• “[W]e hold that the doctrines of laches and estoppel may not be employed to bar the state from exercising its governmental functions and that an agent of the Commonwealth may not waive the right of the Commonwealth to exercise its governmental function.... ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Miller v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-11-04· cited 50×
• LifeCare Medical Transports, Inc. v. Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-06-24· cited 13×
• Barr v. SW Rodgers Co., Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-12-05· cited 11×
• Trex Co., Inc. v. ExxonMobil Oil Corp.
  E.D. Virginia· 2002-12-10· cited 9×
• Stevens v. Lemmie
  Petersburg County Circuit Court· 1996-12-10· cited 7×
• Brunty v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-03-26· cited 3×
• Barr v. S.W. Rodgers Co.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-08-22· cited 2×
• White v. White
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-06-11· cited 1×
• Walter L. Payne, Jr. v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-03-11
• Convalescent Care, Inc. v. Department of Medical Assistance Services
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2002-05-22
• Davenport v. English Construction Co.
  Roanoke County Circuit Court· 2004-10-04
• City-to-City Auto Sales, LLC v. Ronald Harris
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-08-29

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Stewart
  Supreme Court· 1940-12-16· cited 352×
• In Re Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Corrections
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-09-11· cited 80×
• Khoury v. Community Memorial Hospital, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1962-01-15· cited 47×
• Main v. Department of Highways
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1965-06-14· cited 32×
• Westminster-Canterbury of Hampton Roads, Inc. v. City of Virginia Beach
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-11-10· cited 30×
• Roenke v. Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1968-06-10· cited 24×
• Salama v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-06-06· cited 11×