CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE v. DeHAAN

Record No. 840437.

323 S.E.2d 131 (1984)

The CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, et al. v. Martin H. DeHAAN, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Little, Richmond (Roger C. Wiley, Jr., City Atty., Charlottesville, James K. Cluverius, L.B. Cann, III, Roger T. Creager, Little, Parsley & Cluverius, P.C., Richmond, on briefs), for appellants.

Everette G. Allen, Jr., Richmond (John R. Walk, Richard W.E. Bland, Hirschler, Fleischer, Weinberg, Cox & Allen, Richmond, on brief), for appellees.

Virginia Association of Housing and Community Development Officials (A.E. Dick Howard, Charlottesville, on brief), amicus curiae, for appellants.

Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority (Francis N. Crenshaw; Crenshaw, Ware & Johnson, Norfolk, on brief), for appellants.

Present: All the Justices.


THOMAS, Justice.

This is an appeal in a declaratory judgment proceeding that involves an issue rooted in the Constitution of Virginia. Martin H. DeHaan and others challenged efforts on the part of the City of Charlottesville to promote the development of a hotel-convention center in the Vinegar Hill Redevelopment area of the City. The proposed complex had an estimated construction cost of $23.9 million. The developer, Charlottesville Properties, Ltd., was required...

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