Little Bay Corp. v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.

At issue in this case is the application of Article IX, Section 4 of the Constitution of Virginia. The constitutional section, while providing an appeal of right to this court from any final finding, order, or judgment of the State Corporation Commission, also provides that no other court of this Commonwealth shall have jurisdiction to review, reverse, correct, or annul any action of the Commission. The question for decision here is whether, in light of Article IX, Section 4, the trial court had jurisdiction to entertain a breach of contract action in which the court, to award damages for the…