45 Va. App. 709 - Morrill v. Morrill’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Armour & Co. · 7 Va. App. 10 - Blain v. Commonwealth · 23 Va. App. 690 - O'Loughlin v. O'Loughlin · 14 Va. App. 53 - Buchanan v. Buchanan · 40 Va. App. 255 - Congdon v. Congdon
Most-quoted passages
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“When a court refers a cause to a commissioner in chancery, it does not delegate its judicial functions to the commissioner, and it is not bound by the commissioner’s recommendations. Rather, the court must review the evidence, apply the correct principles of law, and make its own conclusions as to the appropriate relief required.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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