Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County v. Ripper

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MICHAEL, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment. In 1989, the Defendants, Edward and Phyllis Ripper (the Rippers) purchased a farm in the extreme northwest of Albemarle County in an area known as Brown’s Cove. The back portion of the farm abuts the Shenandoah National Park (the Park). Route 629, which intersects with Rt. 624 at the front of the property, passes through the Rippers’ property for about a mile before state maintenance ends, and continues in an unmaintained condition up to and through the Park.1 The issue…