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VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
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WHILE IN PRACTICE, THIS JUSTICE’S LAW FIRM REPRESENTED ONE OF THE DEFENDANT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ONE OF THE CASES WHICH WAS CONSOLIDATED INTO BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION

WHO IS LEWIS POWELL, JR.?

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THIS MOTION IS FILED TO REQUIRE A PARTY TO ATTACH TO THE INITIAL PLEADING AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT WHICH WAS NOT INITIALLY PRODUCED

WHAT IS A MOTION CRAVING OYER?

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PROSECUTED CHARLES MANSON

WHO IS VINCENT BUGLIOSI?

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THE RICHMOND JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURT BUILDING IS NAMED AFTER THIS RICHMOND LAWYER AND CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER

WHO IS OLIVER HILL?

200

THIS CHIEF JUSTICE’S JUDICIAL CAREER STARTED AS A CHESTERFIELD COUNTY GENERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

WHO IS CHIEF JUSTICE CLEO E. POWELL?

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THIS CHIEF JUSTICE ALSO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

WHO IS WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT?

400

THESE TWO STATUTE SECTIONS CONSIDER CATEGORY A OR PREFERRED VENUE AND CATEGORY B OR PERMISSIBLE VENUE

WHAT ARE VA. CODE § 8.01-261 AND §8.01-262?

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DUO WHO PROSECUTED O.J. SIMPSON

WHO ARE MARCIA CLARK AND CHRISTOPHER DARDEN?

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THIS LAW FIRM IS GENERALLY ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING, ACTIVE LAW FIRM IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

WHAT IS SANDS ANDERSON (SANDS AND SANDS 1842)?

400

THIS CHIEF JUSTICE SAT FOR 42 YEARS ON THE VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT

WHO IS HARRY L. CARRICO?

600

THIS JUSTICE IS IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

WHO IS BRYON “WHIZZER” WHITE?

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THIS PLEADING REQUESTS THAT THE COURT DISMISS A CASE AS THE COMPLAINT FAILS TO STATE A CAUSE OF ACTION UPON WHICH RELIEF CAN BE GRANTED

WHAT IS A DEMURRER?

600

DEFENDED THE CHICAGO SEVEN

WHO IS WILLIAM KUNSTLER?

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THIS RICHMOND CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE JOHN MARSHALL INN, A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS AND REPRESENTED SEVERAL HIGH PROFILE CLIENTS, INCLUDING ONE OF THE ABSCAM DEFENDANTS

WHO IS MURRAY J. JANUS?

600

THIS JUSTICE AND FORMER MEMBER OF THE JOHN MARSHALL INN IF COURT, WAS APPOINTED TO THE VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT AT THE AGE OF 32

WHO IS JOHN CHARLES THOMAS?

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THIS CHIEF JUSTICE PRESIDED OVER THE AARON BURR TREASON TRIAL AND IS THE ONLY ONE TO APPEAR ON U.S. CURRENCY

WHO IS JOHN MARSHALL?

800

THIS IS THE VIRGINIA STATE LAW VERSION OF FEDERAL RULE 11

WHAT IS VA. CODE § 8.01-271.1?

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PLAYED BY ACTOR RON SILVER IN THE MOVIE "REVERSAL OF FORTUNE"

WHO IS ALAN DERSHOWITZ?

800

HIS TREASON TRIALS WERE HELD IN THE FORMER U.S. DISTRICT COURT BUILDING ON MAIN STREET

WHO IS JEFFERSON DAVIS?

800

THESE VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT JUSTICES HAVE BEEN, OR ARE CURRENTLY MEMBERS OF THE JOHN MARSHALL INN OF COURT

WHO ARE JOHN CHARLES THOMAS, ELIZABETH B. LACY, DONALD W. LEMONS, WILLIAM C. MIMS, STEPHEN R. MCCULLOUGH, AND WESLEY G. RUSSELL, JR.?

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THESE JUSTICES DATED IN LAW SCHOOL

WHO ARE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR AND WILLIAM REHNQUIST?

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THE EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION OF GENERAL DISTRICT COURTS IN VIRGINIA

WHAT ARE CLAIMS THAT DO NOT EXCEED $4,500. (VA. CODE § 16.1-77)?

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REPRESENTED MICHAEL JACKSON, WINONA RYDER, AND CHRIS BROWN IN THEIR CRIMINAL TRIALS

WHO IS MARK GERAGOS?

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IN 1998, THIS RICHMOND LAWYER WAS THE LEAD ATTORNEY IN THE HOUSING DISCRIMINATION TRIAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES MADE EQUAL (H.O.M.E.) V. NATIONWIDE IN THE RICHMOND CIRCUIT COURT WHICH RESULTED IN A JURY VERDICT OF $100.5 MILLION DOLLARS. (REPORTEDLY SETTLED ON APPEAL FOR $17.5 MILLION DOLLARS)

WHO IS TIM KAINE?

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THIS MEMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS, A PREDECESSOR TO THE VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT, SERVED FROM 1785-1788. HIS SON LATER WENT ON TO BE A U.S PRESIDENT AND HIS GREAT GRANDSON JUST DIED IN 2025

WHO IS JOHN TYLER, SR. (BORN IN 1747)?