Court of Appeals of Virginia

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court of record intermediate appellate court state court

The Court of Appeals of Virginia is an intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from Virginia’s trial courts and certain state agencies before possible review by the Supreme Court of Virginia.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Court of Appeals of Virginia canonical	14
Virginia Court of Appeals	3
Virginia Court of Appeals Reports	3
Va. Ct. App.	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1260347 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Court of Appeals of Virginia
Context triple: [19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, appealsTo, Court of Appeals of Virginia]

A. United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
B. United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
The United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the western region of Virginia.
C. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is a federal trial court known for its fast-paced docket and significant civil rights and national security cases.
D. 19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia
The 19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia is a state trial court circuit that primarily serves Fairfax County, handling a wide range of civil and criminal cases.
E. Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia is the highest court in the state, serving as its court of last resort and overseeing the administration of the state’s judicial system.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Court of Appeals of Virginia
Target entity description: The Court of Appeals of Virginia is an intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from Virginia’s trial courts and certain state agencies before possible review by the Supreme Court of Virginia.

A. United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
B. United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
The United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the western region of Virginia.
C. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is a federal trial court known for its fast-paced docket and significant civil rights and national security cases.
D. 19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia
The 19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia is a state trial court circuit that primarily serves Fairfax County, handling a wide range of civil and criminal cases.
E. Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia is the highest court in the state, serving as its court of last resort and overseeing the administration of the state’s judicial system.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of record ⓘ intermediate appellate court ⓘ state court ⓘ
allows	appeals as a matter of right in most civil and criminal cases ⓘ petitions for appeal in certain cases ⓘ
appealsTo	Supreme Court of Virginia ⓘ
capital	Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dateEstablished	1985 ⓘ
enforces	Constitution of Virginia ⓘ laws of Virginia ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Virginia ⓘ Virginia General Assembly ⓘ
governingLaw	Code of Virginia ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Va. Ct. App. ⓘ linked to: Court of Appeals of Virginia
hasChiefJudge	Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudges	17 ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ
hasPrecedentialAuthorityOver	Virginia trial courts ⓘ
hasSubjectMatterJurisdiction	administrative agency appeals ⓘ appeals of decisions of the Virginia Employment Commission ⓘ civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ domestic relations appeals ⓘ traffic infraction appeals ⓘ workers’ compensation appeals ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.vacourts.gov/courts/cav.html ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	domestic relations cases from circuit courts ⓘ final decisions of certain Virginia administrative agencies ⓘ final decisions of the Virginia Employment Commission ⓘ final decisions of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission ⓘ final judgments of Virginia circuit courts in civil cases ⓘ final judgments of Virginia circuit courts in criminal cases ⓘ traffic infraction cases from circuit courts ⓘ
hearsCases	three-judge panels ⓘ
higherCourt	Supreme Court of Virginia ⓘ
judgeSelectionMethod	election by Virginia General Assembly ⓘ
judgeTermLength	8 years ⓘ
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ linked to: Virginia
locatedIn	Richmond, Virginia ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
maySit	en banc ⓘ
partOf	Judicial Branch of Virginia ⓘ linked to: Judicial System of Virginia
reviewsDecisionsFrom	Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission ⓘ Virginia circuit courts ⓘ Virginia general district courts ⓘ linked to: General District Courts of Virginia Virginia juvenile and domestic relations district courts ⓘ linked to: Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts of Virginia Virginia state administrative agencies ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia → appealsTo → Court of Appeals of Virginia ⓘ

Judicial System of Virginia → hasComponent → Court of Appeals of Virginia ⓘ

Judicial System of Virginia → intermediateAppellateCourt → Court of Appeals of Virginia ⓘ

Court of Appeals of Virginia → hasAbbreviation → Va. Ct. App. ⓘ