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GRAHAM v. VA. ELEC. & POWER CO.

Record No. 841850.

337 S.E.2d 260 (1985)

R.A. GRAHAM, III, et al. v. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 27, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Richmond (Matthew B. Murray, Richmond & Fishburne, Charlottesville, on brief), for appellants.

Deborah Vinson Ellenberg, Guy T. Tripp, III (Lewis S. Minter, JoAnne Lewis Nolte, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, on briefs), for appellees.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON and RUSSELL, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.

CARRICO, Chief Justice.

In 1980, the State Corporation Commission denied approval to the rebuilding of an electric transmission line according to certain specifications but, in 1984, approved the reconstruction of a portion of the line according to different specifications. The question presented is whether, under principles of res judicata and collateral estoppel, the later approval was barred by the previous disapproval.1 The question...

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