Legal Opinion
Bergano v. City of Virginia Beach
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided December 6, 2018No. Record 171183Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY JUSTICE STEPHEN R. McCULLOUGH
Dr. Allan L. Bergano is embroiled in litigation in federal court with the City of Virginia Beach. He submitted a request under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act ("VFOIA"), asking for records of "all legal fees and expert invoices relating to all of the [City's] expenses" in litigating against Bergano in federal court. The City responded by providing extensively redacted records. Bergano then filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the Circuit Court of the City of Virginia Beach asking the court to compel the City to limit the scope of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Chaudhry v. GallerizzoCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- Robert L. Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency v. American Commerce National Bank, Anaheim, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- LeMond v. McElroySupreme Court of Virginia · 1990
- Department of Corrections v. SurovellSupreme Court of Virginia · 2015
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