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WTAR Radio-TV Corp. v. City Council of Virginia Beach

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided April 23, 1976No. Record 750787PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPoff, J.

WTAR Radio-TV Corporation and Joseph Jay Moore, III, (petitioners) filed original and amended petitions against City Council of the City of Virginia Beach and its individual members (collectively, Council) alleging violations of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Code §§ 2.1-340, et seq. (Repl. Vol. 1973; Cum. Supp. 1975) * (the Act) and seeking injunctive relief. The chancellor sustained Council’s demurrers and we must decide whether the petitions stated a cause of action.

Petitioners alleged that Council adopted a resolution at its regular meeting on December 2, 1974, announcing a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Town of Palm Beach v. GradisonSupreme Court of Florida · 1974

3Cited by20 opinions

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  2. Board of Supervisors v. Safeco Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
  3. Carbaugh v. SolemSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
  4. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. v. Kolon Industries, Inc.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 2012
  5. Marsh v. Richmond Newspapers, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1982

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