MARSH v. RICHMOND NEWSPAPERS, INC.

Record No. 791110.

288 S.E.2d 415 (1982)

MARSH, Mayor Henry L., III, et al. v. RICHMOND NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Hefty, Acting City Atty. (Conard B. Mattox, Jr., City Atty., C. Tabor Cronk, Asst. City Atty., on briefs), for appellants.

Alexander Wellford, Richmond (Andrew J. Brent, William F. Etherington, Leslie W. Mullins, Christian, Barton, Epps, Brent & Chappell, Richmond, on brief), for appellees.

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


COCHRAN, Justice.

Richmond Newspapers, Inc., and one of its employees, Timothy B. Wheeler (collectively, the Newspapers), filed a petition against Mayor Henry L. Marsh, III, and other members of the Richmond City Council1 (collectively, the Council members), alleging violation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Code §§ 2.1-340 et seq. (the Act). A demurrer filed by...

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