Index

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INDEX

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Generally.................................................................................................20
Tables......................................................................................................35

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Generally.................................................................................................69
Addresses, selected agencies................................................................231
Administrative Process Act....................................................................72
Agency orders and decisions

Generally.............................................................................................77
Air Pollution Control Board...............................................................85
Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority..............................................82
Department of Environmental Quality.............................................85
Department of Health Professions....................................................86
Department of Taxation.....................................................................83
State Corporation Commission..........................................................77
State Lottery Board............................................................................86
Virginia Employment Commission...................................................81
Water Pollution Control Board..........................................................85
Workers' Compensation Commission................................................79

Executive branch. See EXECUTIVE BRANCH ORGANIZATION
Published rules and regulations. See RULES AND REGULATIONS

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS ACT....................................................72

ADVANCE CODE SERVICE ......................................................... 6, 9, 28

ADVANCE LEGISLATIVE SERVICE ..................................... 16, 22, 28

ADVANCE SHEETS.................................................................... 10, 46, 49

APPELLATE PRACTICE..................................................................... 112

ATTORNEY FEES ................................................................................. 112

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Generally ................................................................................................. 88
Annual Report of the Attorney General of Virginia...............................88
Duties of .................................................................................................. 87
Executive orders ..................................................................................... 89
Opinions..................................................................................................87

Citation ............................................................................................... 89
Electronic format ................................................................................ 89
Who may request................................................................................87

BANKRUPTCY....................................................................................... 113

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Constitutional law treatises and commentaries................................... 12

BILL OF PARTICULARS

Local court opinions.............................................................................. 102

BLUEBOOK

Citation style.............................................................................................2
Constitutions, citation of........................................................................ 14
Virginia Court of Appeals decisions, citation of....................................49
Virginia Supreme Court decisions, citation of......................................49

CASE FINDERS.......................................................................................57

CASE LAW

Generally.................................................................................................46
Appeals granted......................................................................................43
Briefs.......................................................................................................67
Case finders.............................................................................................57
Case Management System (CMS).........................................................66
Circuit court decisions............................................................................52
Court dockets..........................................................................................66
Digests

Generally.............................................................................................55
South Eastern Digest..........................................................................56
Virginia and West Virginia Digest....................................................55

Encyclopedias..........................................................................................57
Federal decisions interpreting Virginia law.........................................64
Internet resources...................................................................................54

Bloomberg Law...................................................................................53
Fastcase......................................................................................54, 163
Google Scholar....................................................................................55
Lexis....................................................................................................53
The Caselaw Access Project (CAP)...................................................55
Virginia CaseFinder (Geronimo).......................................................54
Virginia's Judicial System website...................................................54
Westlaw...............................................................................................53

Michie's Jurisprudence...........................................................................57
Print sources of published opinions

Law Letter (VTLA)..............................................................................52
South Eastern Reporter................................................................50, 51
Virginia Circuit Court Reports..........................................................52
Virginia Court of Appeals Reports.....................................................51
Virginia Lawyers Weekly..............................................................51, 52
Virginia Reports.................................................................................49

Unpublished decisions............................................................................52

CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMS).............................................66

CIRCUIT COURTS. See LOCAL COURTS

CITATIONS

Generally...................................................................................................2
Attorney General opinions.....................................................................89
Constitution............................................................................................ 14
Virginia Court of Appeals decisions......................................................49
Virginia Register of Regulations............................................................76
Virginia Supreme Court decisions.........................................................49

CIVIL PROCEDURE.................................................................... 113, 134

CODE OF VIRGINIA 1950, ANNOTATED

Generally.................................................................................................25
Advance Code Service.....................................................................6, 9, 28
Annotations.............................................................................................34
Annual cumulative supplements.......................................................6, 28
Arrangement...........................................................................................26
Constitution of Virginia......................................................................6, 29
Court rules..............................................................................................45
Electronic services..................................................................................37
Exact language........................................................................................28
Index........................................................................................................36
Judicial interpretations of constitutional language...............................9
Legislative history.................................................................................. 16
Previous codifications.............................................................................29
Tables......................................................................................................35
Updating..................................................................................................28

COMMENTARIES ON THE CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA........ 11

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Generally...................................................................................................3
Citation.................................................................................................... 14
Civil War constitutions.............................................................................4
Constitutional

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