Published opinions from 1984. The case name opens the case page.
October 12, 1984228 Va. 301
The court affirmed judgments sustaining sovereign-immunity defenses for both governmental employees. It held that immunity may protect employees of an immune governmental entity, including a county employee, when the employee acts within the scope of employment and performs judgmental or discretionary duties; Burden’s…
The Court held that Aleda Construction could not recover the unpaid balance of the final construction draw because the contract required strict performance, full completion, a final survey, and an executed release of liens, none of which Aleda had fully provided.
The Court affirmed Stockton’s convictions and death sentence for capital murder committed for hire. It rejected his constitutional challenges to the death-penalty statute and electrocution, upheld the rulings admitting his statements and evidence concerning another murder, and found the evidence sufficient to…
The court held that the land-sale contract's financing provision was sufficiently definite and enforceable despite omitting terms concerning security and prepayment. It ruled that the provision must be enforced according to its written terms rather than supplemented with customary provisions the parties did not…