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The Legislative Abrogation Of Interspousal Immunity In Virginia, Lisa Anderson-Lloyd
The Legislative Abrogation Of Interspousal Immunity In Virginia, Lisa Anderson-Lloyd
University of Richmond Law Review
Is a wife who hires someone to murder her husband liable in tort for the injuries he sustains in the murder attempt? The Virginia Supreme Court faced just this question in 1980 in Counts v. Counts. In light of the partial abrogation of the doctrine of interspousal immunity by the Virginia Supreme Court during the 1970's in wrongful death actions and inactions for damages in motor vehicle accident cases, a well reasoned prediction would have anticipated a further erosion of the doctrine. In Counts, however, the court disallowed the interspousal suit for an intentional tort, signaling that it had no …
A Critique Of Hodel V. Virginia Surface Mining And Reclamation Association, Timothy W. Mcafee
A Critique Of Hodel V. Virginia Surface Mining And Reclamation Association, Timothy W. Mcafee
University of Richmond Law Review
On January 3, 1980, the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia declared substantial portions of the Federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (hereinafter "the Surface Mining Act" or "the Act") to be unconstitutional in Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Association v. Andrus. Specifically, the district court found that section 515(d) and (e) of the Act were in contravention of the tenth amendment, that sections 515(d)-(e) and 522 of the Act constituted an unconstitutional taking of private property without just compensation in violation of the fifth amendment and that sections 518 and 521 of …