7 Va. App. 503 - Long v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
May 2003
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 4 Va. App. 520 - Mayo v. Department of Commerce · Temple v. City of Petersburg · Vaughn v. Vaughn · Tharp v. Commonwealth · 1 Va. App. 510 - Johnson v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[R]ules governing appeal procedures are mandatory and `compliance with them is necessary for the orderly, fair and expeditious administration of justice.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Carlton v. Paxton
How this case has been treated — in progress
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