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The Judiciary of Virginia is defined under the Constitution and law of Virginia and is composed of the Supreme Court of Virginia and subordinate courts, including the Court of Appeals, the Circuit Courts, and the General District Courts. Its administration is headed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Judicial Council, the Committee ...
Pages in category "County courthouses in Virginia" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Additionally, in 1979, the Virginia General Assembly adopted legislation that allowed any county meeting certain population and density standards to petition the local circuit court to declare the county permanently immune from annexation by any city with over 100,000 in population. In 1981, Chesterfield County and several other counties in the ...
Apr. 17—Manchester Superior Court and the juvenile courthouse in the Rockville section of Vernon are among five courthouses state officials hope to reopen on May 17 as they work to return the ...
Supreme Court. On Monday, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts ordered the Supreme Court building closed on Jan. 9 in recognition of the national day of mourning for Carter.
A city and county that share a name may be completely unrelated in geography. For example, Richmond County is nowhere near the City of Richmond, and Franklin County is even farther from the City of Franklin. More Virginia counties are named for women than in any other state. [4] Virginia's postal abbreviation is VA and its FIPS state code is 51.
Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, 377 U.S. 218 (1964), is a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that the County School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia's decision to close all local, public schools and provide vouchers to attend private schools were constitutionally impermissible as violations of the Equal Protection Clause of the ...
The County Council held a hearing on the application in August, during which there were no public comments, but deferred their decision. A few weeks later, they voted 3-2 to deny.