Gannon v. State Corp. Commission

In this proceeding, which invokes this Court’s original jurisdiction, we consider whether mandamus is a proper remedy.

Stephen T. Gannon, by letter, filed a Virginia Freedom of Information Act request, seeking certain records in the possession and control of the State Corporation Commission (Commission). The request was sent to Lewis W. Brothers, Jr., director of the Commission’s Division of Securities and Retail Franchising and to William Bridge, clerk of the Commission.

Joel H. Peck, senior counsel to the Commission, denied Gannon’s request by stating in a letter that “[t]he State Corporation…