Rule 5A:27. Summary Disposition

The Court of Appeals may dispense with oral argument in any matter if the parties agree that oral argument is not necessary or the panel to which the matter is assigned has examined the briefs and record and unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessary because (a) the appeal is wholly without merit; (b) the dispositive issue or issues have been authoritatively decided, and the appellant has not argued that the case law should be overturned, extended, modified, or reversed; or (c) the facts and legal arguments are adequately presented in the briefs and record, and the decisional process would not be significantly aided by oral argument.

Committee Notes

Promulgated by Order dated Friday, April 30, 2010; effective July 1, 2010. Last amended by Order dated June 18, 2025; effective July 1, 2025.