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Record No: 181192 Davis v. Davis 12/05/2019 (as published by the Virginia Supreme Court) In a suit for aid and direction concerning the validity of transfers of personal and real property shortly before the death of...

May v. R.A. Yancey Lumber Corporation

10 Jan 2019

Tania Saylor

Record No: 171708 May v. R.A. Yancey Lumber Corporation 01/10/2019 (As published by the Virginia Supreme Court) In a declaratory and injunctive action by a director and minority shareholder of a corporation, the circuit court erred...

Parson v. Miller

20 Dec 2018

Tania Saylor

Record No: 171393 Parson v. Miller 12/20/2018 (As published by the Virginia Supreme Court) In a will contest action brought by a daughter of the decedent alleging that a niece of the decedent – who was...

Ray v. Ready

20 Dec 2018

Tania Saylor

Record No: 180060 Ray v. Ready 12/20/2018 (As published by the Virginia Supreme Court) In a widow’s action to claim an elective share of the augmented estate of her deceased husband, the complaint naming his “Estate”...

Canody v. Hamblin

19 Jul 2018

mepstein

Record No. 170747 Canody v. Hamblin (as published by the Virginia Supreme Court) In a proceeding brought by a daughter for probate of a three-page computer-generated document tendered as the will of her father, the...

Sveen v. Melin, _ S. Ct. _ (June 11, 2018)

11 Jun 2018

mepstein

Case No: 16-1432 (As published by the US Supreme Court) The retroactive application of Minnesota’s revocation-on-divorce statute – which automatically nullifies an ex-spouse’s beneficiary designation on a life-insurance policy or other will substitute – does...

Davis v. MKR Development, LLC

31 May 2018

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Record No: 171020 Davis v. MKR Development, LLC (As published by the Virginia Supreme Court) In a derivative action brought on behalf of a limited liability company by the majority shareholder against the entity appointed...

Feeney, J. v. Feeney and Feeney, S. v. Feeney

12 Apr 2018

mepstein

Record No: 170031 (As published by the Virginia Supreme Court) In combined suits concerning a will’s residuary clause, which the parties agreed was unambiguous and its meaning could be decided on summary judgment without the...

Davis v. Davis

May v. R.A. Yancey Lumber Corporation

Parson v. Miller

Ray v. Ready

Canody v. Hamblin

Sveen v. Melin, _ S. Ct. _ (June 11, 2018)

Davis v. MKR Development, LLC

Feeney, J. v. Feeney and Feeney, S. v. Feeney

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