Legal Opinion
City of Newport News v. Elizabeth City County
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 7, 1949No. Record No. 3549PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
This proceeding was instituted by the city of Newport News, Virginia, under the Virginia Declaratory Judgment Act, Acts 1922, page 902, Virginia Code, 1942 (Michie), sections 6140a-6140h, inclusive, to determine the constitutionality of an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, which prohibits a city from annexing an area or portion of any county “unless, after the annexation of said area, there wül remain in said couhty at least as much as 60 square miles of unannexed territory,” Acts 1938, page 25, Virginia Code, 1942 (Michie), section 2968.
The petition of the city alleged that it was…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Hunter v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Budd v. HancockSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1901
- Martin's Executors v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1920
- Ex parte SettleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1913
- Pittsburg's PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Weber City Sanitation Commission v. CraftSupreme Court of Virginia · 1955
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