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BROWNING-FERRIS, INC. v. COM.

Record No. 820681.

300 S.E.2d 603 (1983)

BROWNING-FERRIS, INC. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Wooldridge, Jr., Fairfax (Terrence Ney, Elizabeth Land Lewis, Boothe, Prichard & Dudley, Fairfax, on brief), for appellant.

Jeffrey A. Spencer, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., Walter A. McFarlane, Deputy Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON, STEPHENSON, and RUSSELL, JJ.

THOMPSON, Justice.

The sole question involved in this appeal is whether the vehicles operated by Browning-Ferris, Inc. (BFI), in transporting its customers' waste materials (garbage, debris, refuse, and trash) to landfills for disposal are "for hire" vehicles within the meaning of Code §§ 46.1-1(35) and -160. In a traffic-infraction prosecution, the trial court ruled in the affirmative and convicted the defendant. We agree with the ruling and affirm its...

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