Thursday Q&A: The Justice Kinser Identity?
In our never-ending quest to add value, we once again respond to your questions and feedback. The bold headings below are actual search terms that have led to this site.
- Virginia legal blogs. There are actually quite a few these days. Virginia Lawyers Weekly maintains a list of 34 Virginia legal blogs, with links. That list is by no means exhaustive. I've spoken with the folks at VLW, and if you've got a blog that's not on their list, they'd love to hear from you.
- va de novo review definition. De novo review is non-deferential. The appellate court takes a fresh look at the matter. In his Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, Bryan Garner explains that when de novo is used as an adverb, it means "anew"--e.g., "We review a grant of summary judgment de novo." If you are looking for a formal definition to insert into the standard of review section of a brief, save yourself the effort. The court knows what you are talking about. It's sufficient to say, for example, that your assignment of error presents a question of statutory interpretation, which is a question of law that the court will review de novo.
- "kelly hart" naked. Really? First of all, I don't even know who Kelly Hart is. Second, look around. Does anything on this page remotely suggest pornography?
- One reader wrote in to observe that, traveling by car, it is farther from Virginia Beach to Justice Kinser's chambers in Pennington Gap (the short way--i.e., Route 460), than it is from Dover, England to Mannheim, Germany--even though one passes through the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Germany. Door-to-door, still taking 460, it is farther from the SCV in Richmond than it is from Dover to Saarlouis, a suburb of Saarbruecken, Germany, taking the same route as far as Luxembourg. Two thoughts in response: First, Virginia is a very big place. It's very diverse geographically, socially, and economically. Second, does anyone else now associate Justice Kinser with a certain globe-hopping amnesic assassin?
I swear to God, if she even feels you dodging a question, there is no measure to how fast and how hard she will bring this fight to your doorstep.
- Another reader wrote in to ask about the required notice of intent to file a petition for rehearing. We provided a notice that we'd used in another case as a template. I don't think there's any magic to the notice. It's just a matter of carefully following Rules 5:39 and 5:39A. (Of course, I've been wrong before.) We're glad to help out any way we can, and if we've got a pertinent model document we're happy to share.
Finally, it looks like the folks at LexBlog liked our post about court reporters. Thanks for the shout, guys.
