Hampton Roads Bankshares, Inc. v. Harvard

Docket Number150323
Decision Date14 January 2016

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10 cases
  • Levick v. Macdougall
    • United States
    • Virginia Supreme Court
    • November 2, 2017
    ...of Loudoun Cty. v. State Corp. Comm'n, 292 Va. 444, 453 n.8, 790 S.E.2d 460, 464 n.8 (2016) ; Hampton Rds. Bankshares, Inc. v. Harvard, 291 Va. 42, 52, 781 S.E.2d 172, 177 (2016) ; Wooten v. Bank of Am., N.A., 290 Va. 306, 312 n.6, 777 S.E.2d 848, 851 n.6 (2015) ; Commonwealth v. Swann, 290......
  • Butcher v. Commonwealth
    • United States
    • Virginia Supreme Court
    • February 27, 2020
    ...536 (2017) ; Board of Supervisors v. State Corp. Comm’n , 292 Va. 444, 453 n.8, 790 S.E.2d 460 (2016) ; Hampton Rds. Bankshares, Inc. v. Harvard , 291 Va. 42, 52, 781 S.E.2d 172 (2016) ; Wooten v. Bank of Am., N.A. , 290 Va. 306, 312 n.6, 777 S.E.2d 848 (2015) ; Alexandria Redev. & Hous. Au......
  • Commonwealth v. White
    • United States
    • Virginia Supreme Court
    • June 1, 2017
    ...of Loudoun Cty. v. State Corp. Comm'n, 292 Va. 444, 453 n.8, 790 S.E.2d 460, 464 n.8 (2016) ; Hampton Rds. Bankshares, Inc. v. Harvard, 291 Va. 42, 52, 781 S.E.2d 172, 177 (2016) ; Wooten v. Bank of Am., N.A., 290 Va. 306, 312 n.6, 777 S.E.2d 848, 851 n.6 (2015) ; Alexandria Redev. & Hous. ......
  • Clark v. Stanley Furniture Co.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Western District of Virginia
    • October 14, 2021
    ...And "[t]he defense of impossibility of performance is an established principle of contract law." Hampton Roads Bankshares, Inc. v. Harvard , 291 Va. 42, 781 S.E.2d 172, 177 (2016). That said, the court and the parties have located only one other case considering this specific question. Lee ......
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2 books & journal articles
  • 1.2 Definitions of Terms
    • United States
    • Virginia CLE Contract Law in Virginia (Virginia CLE) Chapter 1 Introduction
    • Invalid date
    ...a written covenant not to sue or release).[61] Paddock v. Mason, 187 Va. 809, 48 S.E.2d 199 (1948); Hampton Roads Bankshares v. Harvard, 291 Va. 42, 781 S.E.2d 172 (2016) (in a breach of contract action alleging failure to make golden parachute payments prohibited by a change in federal law......
  • 6.8 Excuse for Nonperformance: Impossibility and Frustration
    • United States
    • Virginia CLE Contract Law in Virginia (Virginia CLE) Chapter 6 Performance and Nonperformance
    • Invalid date
    ...690, 34 S.E. 621 (1899) (holding that a marriage promise was unenforceable due to illness).[113] Hampton Rds. Bankshares, Inc. v. Harvard, 291 Va. 42, 53-54. 781 S.E.2d 172, 179 (2016).[114] Id. ("The rule also prevents parties from using private contract disputes to attack the validity of ......