Staples v. Arlington County Board of Supervisors

By JUDGE PAUL F. SHERIDAN

I have reviewed the pleadings and authorities supplied and have reached the following conclusions.

1. Standing

Plaintiffs have standing to assert the declaratory judgment issues involved herein. See generally Gordon v. Fairfax County, 207 Va. 827, 153 S.E.2d 270 (1969), and Roper v. McWhorter, 77 Va. 214 (1883).

2. Exhaustion of Administrative Remedy

The procedure for allowance of claims set forth in § 15.1-550, et seq., Code of Virginia, does not govern here. Plaintiffs seek no monetary relief. In County School Board v. Supervisors, 184 Va. 700, 709 (1946), the Supreme…