Blount v. Clarke

Docket Number151017
Decision Date12 February 2016

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15 cases
  • Quisenberry v. Huntington Ingalls Inc.
    • United States
    • Virginia Supreme Court
    • October 11, 2018
    ...the authority of this rule "when doing so will aid in producing a determinative answer in the proceedings." Blount v. Clarke , 291 Va. 198, 202 n.1, 782 S.E.2d 152, 153 n.1 (2016) (internal quotation marks and alteration omitted); see also VanBuren v. Grubb , 284 Va. 584, 589, 733 S.E.2d 91......
  • Moran v. Wis. Dep't of Justice
    • United States
    • Wisconsin Court of Appeals
    • June 11, 2019
    ...to the removal of political disabilities. The Virginia governor may grant a full, partial or conditional pardon. Blount v. Clarke , 291 Va. 198, 782 S.E.2d 152, 155 (2016). A full pardon officially nullifies all punishment or other legal consequences of a crime, while a partial pardon exone......
  • Howell v. McAuliffe
    • United States
    • Virginia Supreme Court
    • July 22, 2016
    ...the framers of [a] section might have meant to say, but are, of necessity, controlled by what they did say.’ ” Blount v. Clarke , 291 Va. 198, 205, 782 S.E.2d 152, 155 (2016) (quoting Harrison v. Day , 200 Va. 439, 448, 106 S.E.2d 636, 644 (1959) ). “If there are ‘no doubtful or ambiguous w......
  • Vlaming v. W. Point Sch. Bd.
    • United States
    • Virginia Supreme Court
    • December 14, 2023
    ...of the section itself and are not at liberty to search for meaning, intent or purpose beyond the instrument.’ " Blount v. Clarke, 291 Va. 198, 205, 782 S.E.2d 152 (2016) (quoting Harrison, 200 Va. at 448, 106 S.E.2d 636). Our Court has historically embraced "a general rule that the words of......
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2 books & journal articles
  • 4.17 Certification Procedures
    • United States
    • Virginia CLE Appellate Practice - Virginia and Federal Courts (Virginia CLE) Chapter 4 Extraordinary Writs and Unusual Appeals— State and Federal Courts
    • Invalid date
    ...VanBuren v. Grubb, 284 Va. 584, 733 S.E.2d 919 (2012); Shaw v. Titan Corp., 255 Va. 535, 498 S.E.2d 696 (1998).[159] ___ Va. ___, 782 S.E.2d 152, Record No. 151017, 2016 WL 550484 (Feb. 12, 2016).[160] 560 U.S. 48 (2010).[161] 247 Va. 194, 441 S.E.2d 24 (1994).[162] Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.......
  • 10.7 Executive Clemency
    • United States
    • Virginia CLE Virginia Law and Practice: A Handbook for Attorneys (Virginia CLE) Chapter 10 Post Conviction Remedies in Virginia
    • Invalid date
    ...There is no appeal from the denial of a petition for a pardon.--------Notes: [153] Va. Const. art. V, § 12.[154] Blount v. Clarke, 291 Va. 198, 205, 782 S.E.2d 152, 155 (2016).[155] Id. (quoting Lee v. Murphy, 63 Va. (22 Gratt.) 789, 794 (1872)).[156] Id. at 206, 782 S.E.2d at 155.[157] Id.......