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COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM v. CITY OF HARRISONBURG

Record No. 812007.

294 S.E.2d 825 (1982)

COUNTY OF ROCKINGHAM v. CITY OF HARRISONBURG.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 9, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Fitzgerald, Fairfax (George R. Aldhizer, Jr., County Atty., Myron C. Smith, Fitzgerald & Smith, P.C., Fairfax, on briefs), for appellant.

William R. Cogar, Richmond (Norvell A. Lapsley, City Atty., Harrisonburg, Henry T. Wickham, Carter Glass, IV, Mays, Valentine, Davenport & Moore, Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

(George R. St. John, County Atty., James M. Bowling, IV, Deputy County Atty., on brief), for amicus curiae Counties of Albemarle, Augusta, Campbell and Prince George.

Before CARRICO, C.J., COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON and RUSSELL, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.

POFF, Justice.

The County of Rockingham appeals from an order annexing approximately 11.64 square miles of its area to the City of Harrisonburg. We granted the appeal for the opportunity it provides to examine the 1979 amendments to the annexation statutes. Acts 1979, c. 85 (hereinafter, the 1979 Act). We affirm the decision of the annexation court.

In May 1975, the City petitioned to annex approximately 14 square...

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