37 Va. App. 495 - Smoot v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
1
states following
August 2017
most recently cited
26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Bagley · United States v. Armour & Co. · 29 Va. App. 119 - Rusty's Welding Service, Inc. v. Gibson · Walker v. Commonwealth
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“); United States v. Riely , 169 F.2d 542 , 543 (4th Cir. 1948) (interpreting the use of a comma and the disjunctive”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“'but disconnects their meaning' " (quoting G. Curme, A Grammar of the English Language, Syntax 166 (1986))); Quindlen v. Prudential Ins. Co. , 482 F.2d 876 , 878 (5th Cir. 1973) (noting disjunctive results in alternatives, which must be treated separately); United States v. Erdos , 474 F.2d 157 , 160 (4th Cir. 1973) (finding that limiting phrase in statute is independent of and does not modify two earlier phrases because the limiting phrase is separated from the first two by a comma and the disjunctive "or”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“`Although trial courts have discretion to interpret their own orders, that discretion must be exercised reasonably and not arbitrarily or capriciously.' `Furthermore, an order must be interpreted within its four corners.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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