Tvardek v. Powhatan Village Homeowners Ass’n

Docket Number150456
Decision Date12 February 2016

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51 cases
  • Groffel v. Commonwealth
    • United States
    • Virginia Court of Appeals
    • August 20, 2019
    ...a statute in such a way that "forces" it "into an ‘internally inconsistent’ conflict." See Tvardek v. Powhatan Vill. Homeowners Ass’n, Inc., 291 Va. 269, 280, 784 S.E.2d 280 (2016) (quoting Butler v. Fairfax Cty. Sch. Bd., 291 Va. 32, 37, 780 S.E.2d 277 (2015) ). Consequently, we conclude t......
  • Graves v. Commonwealth
    • United States
    • Virginia Supreme Court
    • October 12, 2017
    ...would not inquire as to "what the legislature meant" but instead "ask only what the statute means." Tvardek v. Powhatan Vill. Homeowners Ass'n , 291 Va. 269, 277 n.7, 784 S.E.2d 280, 284 n.7 2016) (quoting Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Theory of Legal Interpretation , 12 Harv. L. Rev. 417, 419......
  • Shoemaker v. Funkhouser
    • United States
    • Virginia Supreme Court
    • March 25, 2021
    ...reading of the statute reveals this intent through a "necessary implication." Id. ; see also Tvardek v. Powhatan Vill. Homeowners Ass'n , 291 Va. 269, 276 n.4, 784 S.E.2d 280 (2016). Such a necessary implication exists in this case.The story line of the recreational-use statute spans 49 yea......
  • Barr v. Atl. Coast Pipeline, LLC
    • United States
    • Virginia Supreme Court
    • July 5, 2018
    ..."[i]n legal codes, as in ordinary conversation, ‘a word is known by the company it keeps.’ " Tvardek v. Powhatan Vill. Homeowners Ass’n, Inc. , 291 Va. 269, 278, 784 S.E.2d 280, 285 (2016) (citation omitted). That statement is particularly true with the word "and." Suppose a statute stated ......
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