Virginia Resources

Virginia Supreme Court (formerly Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals)

Databases

• VA Supreme Court Cases from 1730 on Lexis or All Virginia Federal & State Cases, Combined on Lexis.
• Virginia Supreme Court Cases on Westlaw (1790 -) or Virginia State & Federal Cases on Westlaw.
• Virginia Supreme Court Cases on Bloomberg Law (1729 - ).

Websites

• Opinions Search – Supreme Court of Virginia and Court of Appeals of Virginia (Va. Jud. Sys.): Supreme Court of Virginia 1995 - ; Court of Appeals of Virginia published opinions from 1995 – , unpublished opinions 2002 - .
• Virginia Lawyers Weekly.

Print Reports

Virginia Reports (Va.) and Virginia Reports Annotated (Va.) (Official)

• All Supreme Court opinions are published. Each volume contains a List of Cases, Cases Cited, Constitution and Statutes Cited, Cases Explained, Criticized or Overruled, Appeals and Withdrawals of Execution Refused, Citation of Virginia Reports, Supreme Court Rules and an Index. The formal titles have changed throughout the history of the print version.
• Law Library Call Number: State 1st Floor KFV2425 .A2 v.212 - (1972 - ): Currently updated at Law Library. Publication titled as Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Virginia.

Historical Reports

Databases

• Virginia Historical Reports for Supreme Court on HeinOnline.
• Virginia Historical Reports including colonial period on HeinOnline.
• Virginia Historical Reports for Supreme Court on LLMC Digital.
• Virginia Historical Reports including colonial period on LLMC Digital.

Website

• Virginia Historical Reports on Caselaw Access Project: Includes Va. (1779-2004).

Print Reports

Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (Va.)

• Law Library Call Number: State 1st Floor KFV2445 .A2, v. 111 - 211 (1911 - 1971).
• Law Library Call Number: State 1st Floor KFV2445 .A2 v. 109 - 110 (1909 - 1910).
• Law Library Call Number: State 1st Floor KFV2445 .A2 v. 91 - 108 (1895 - 1908).

Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (Va.)

• Law Library Call Number: State 1st Floor KFV2445 .A2, v. 75 - 90 (1882 - 1895).

Virginia Reports, Jefferson - 22 Gratton, 1730-1880

• Law Library Call Number: State 1st Floor KFV2445 .A2, v. 1 - 74 (1730 - 1880).

Virginia Court of Appeals

Databases

• VA Court of Appeals Cases from 1985 on Lexis or All Virginia Federal & State Cases, Combined on Lexis.
• Virginia Court of Appeals Cases on Westlaw (1985 - ; reported and unreported cases) or Virginia State & Federal Cases on Westlaw.
• Court of Appeals Decisions on Bloomberg Law (1985 - ; select unpublished decisions from 2005) or All Virginia State Cases on Bloomberg Law.

Websites

• Opinions Search – Supreme Court of Virginia and Court of Appeals of Virginia (Va. Jud. Sys.): Supreme Court of Virginia 1995 - ; Court of Appeals of Virginia published opinions from 1995 – , unpublished opinions 2002 - .
• Virginia Lawyers Weekly (1998 - ).
• Virginia Historical Reports on Caselaw Access Project: Includes Va. App. (1985-2017).

Print Reports Official

Virginia Court of Appeals Reports (Va. Ct. App.)

• Not all Court of Appeals opinions are published. Each volume contains a Table of Cases, Table of Cases Cited, Table of Statutes, Words and Phrases and a key number digest.
• Law Library Call Number: State 1st Floor KFV2448 .A2 v.1 - (1985 - ): Currently updated at Law Library.

Print Reports Unofficial

South Eastern Reporter (S.E. 2d)

• South Eastern Reporter, Second Series (S.E.2d) on Caselaw Access Project (1982-2019).
• West's South Eastern Reporter. Second Series (S.E. 2d), Law Library Call Number: Closed Stacks South KF135 .S612 v. 361 - 717 (1988 - last updated in 2012 at Law Library).

Historical Reports

Databases

• Virginia Historical Reports for Supreme Court on HeinOnline.
• Virginia Historical Reports including colonial period on HeinOnline.
• Virginia Historical Reports including colonial period on LLMC Digital.
• Virginia Historical Reports on Caselaw Access Project.

Print Reports Unofficial

South Eastern Reporter (S.E. and S.E. 2d)

• South Eastern Reporter. Second Series (S.E. 2d), Law Library Call Number: Closed Stacks South KF135 .S612 v.1 -360 (1939 - 1988).
• The Southeastern Reporter (S.E.), Law Library Call Number: Closed Stacks South KF135 .S6 v.1-200 (1887 - 1939).

Virginia Circuit Courts

Databases

• VA Circuit Courts - Trial Orders on Lexis (earliest decision dated 1855) or All Virginia Federal & State Cases, Combined on Lexis.
• Virginia Trial Court Cases on Westlaw (1976 - ) or Virginia State & Federal Cases on Westlaw.
• Virginia Circuit Court on Bloomberg Law (1957 - ) or All Virginia State Cases on Bloomberg Law.

Print Reports Unofficial

• There is no official reporter for Circuit Court Opinions.
• Virginia Circuit Court Opinions (Va. Circ.) on Caselaw Access Project (1856-2016)
• Virginia Circuit Court Opinions, Call Number: State 1st Floor KFV2451 .V57 v.1 - (1985 - ): Currently updated at Law Library. Selected opinions. Each volume contains a Subject listing, a Table of Cases, Table of Constitution, Statutes and Rules Cited.

Court Opinion Finding Aids

Virginia and West Virginia Digest: Covering Cases from State and Federal Courts

• Law Library Call Number: State 1st Floor KFV2457 .V5 v.1 - (2002) - : Law Library retains current volumes only.

West's South Eastern Digest, 2d

• Library of Congress: S.E. Dig. 2d.

Docket Search

• Case Status and Information (Virginia's Judicial System): Includes the case information for Supreme Court of Virginia, Court of Appeals of Virginia, as well as criminal and traffic case information in general district courts and select circuit courts.

Records & Briefs

• Some Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals historical records & briefs are available for on-site viewing at Univ. of Richmond's Muse Law Library.

May be found in Lexis' Court Rules and Westlaw's Statutes & Court Rules. Court rules may also be found within the court's web site.

May be found on the court's website, published in the court's administrative office annual reports.

The Florida Courts published a comparative report, State Court Systems Profiles (2010), where each state's court system hierarchy, number of judges, terms of office, governance and funding are summarized.