Legal Opinion
Ligon v. COUNTY OF GOOCHLAND
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided February 25, 2010No. 090250PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
689 S.E.2d 666 (2010)
David F. LIGON, III
v.
COUNTY OF GOOCHLAND.
Record No. 090250.
Supreme Court of Virginia.
February 25, 2010.
James B. Thorsen (Thorsen & Associates, on brief), Richmond, for appellant.
Jim H. Guynn, Jr. (Guynn, Memmer & Dillon, on brief), Salem, for appellee.
Present: All the Justices.
OPINION BY Justice BARBARA MILANO KEENAN.
In this question of first impression involving the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act (VFATA), Code §§ 8.01-216.1 through -216.19, we consider whether the doctrine of sovereign immunity bars a retaliatory discharge claim against a County filed under the…
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