Legal Opinion
Sasson v. Shenhar
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 31, 2008No. Record 072193PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY Justice LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR.
Adopting and applying the Fugitive Disentitlement Doctrine 2 for the first time in Virginia, the Court of Appeals of Virginia dismissed two appeals filed by Yuri Isidoro Sasson Moscona challenging judgments of the Circuit Court of Fairfax County in an international child custody dispute and a contempt order arising from a petition for rule to show cause in that case. Moscona v.
Shenhar, 50 Va.App. 238 , 649 S.E.2d 191 (2007). In this Court, Sasson contends that the Court of Appeals erred in applying the doctrine to his appeals without first considering…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Degen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Ortega-Rodriguez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Smith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Walsh v. WalshCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by18 opinions
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