Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Cole
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 12, 1996No. Record 950520; Record 950513PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Carrico
The issue presented in Hughes v. Cole, Record No. 950520, involves the validity of an agreement among several residents of North Carolina to share the proceeds of winning tickets in the Virginia lottery, the present controversy involving a ticket worth approximately $9 million. The question presented in Cole v. Twiford, Record No. 950513, involves the correctness of the trial court’s award of attorneys’ fees to counsel who at one time or another represented the prevailing parties below.
Hughes v. Cole
The record shows that in late 1989, Cleveland Hughes, Walter Cole, and others entered into an…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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