TERRY v. MAZUR

Record No. 870428.

362 S.E.2d 904 (1987)

Mary Sue TERRY, Attorney General of Virginia v. Edward J. MAZUR, Comptroller of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Frazier, III, Kenneth W. Thorson, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. (Bryar C. Nettles, Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., H. Lane Kneedler, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Walter A. McFarlane, Deputy Atty. Gen., John M. McCarthy, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Barbara M. Rose, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hunton & Williams, Richmond, on briefs), for petitioner.

Dexter S. Odin (Robert K. Richardson, Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C., Fairfax, on brief), for respondent.

William G. Broaddus, William J. Strickland, Arthur E. Anderson, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Richmond, on brief, for amicus curiae The Virginia Municipal League, Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Virginia Retail Merchants Ass'n, Virginia Asphalt Ass'n, Virginia Economic Developers Ass'n, The Greater Washington Bd. of Trade, Batman Co., Inc., Best Products Co., Inc., Buvermo Management, Inc., Commonwealth Gas Companies, Fairfax County, Loudoun County, G T Realty and Management Co., Inc., The Henry A. Long Co., James River Corp., Mobil Oil Corp., S & K Famous Brands, Scott & Stringfellow, Inc., Signet Banking Corp., Trammel Crow Co., Webb/Sequoia, and Wheat, First Securities, Inc.

Present: All the Justices.


STEPHENSON, Justice.

Invoking our original jurisdiction, the Attorney General of Virginia instituted this mandamus proceeding pursuant to Code § 8.01-653.1 (1987 Cum.Supp.) to establish the constitutionality of various provisions of Chapter 13 of the Acts of Assembly, 1986 Special Session (the Act). The Act made substantial changes to the State Revenue Bond Act, Code §§ 33.1-267 through -295 (the Bond Act), and to legislation providing sources of revenue...

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