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BELL v. COM.

Record No. 860288.

374 S.E.2d 13 (1988)

Douglas BELL, et al. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Dashiell (Michael Morchower; Morchower, Luxton & Whaley, Richmond, on brief), for appellants.

Edward P. Nolde, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., H. Lane Kneedler, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Gail Starling Marshall, Deputy Atty. Gen., Anthony Gambardella, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Gail D. Jaspen, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, and THOMAS, JJ., and GORDON, Retired Justice.

POFF, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether, as the trial court ruled, Feelin' Great, Inc., a Nevada corporation with headquarters in Florida, is a "pyramid promotional scheme" within the purview of Code § 18.2-239.

The issue was framed in a proceeding initiated by a bill of complaint filed by the Attorney General of Virginia against Douglas Bell and others,1 individually and doing business as Feelin' Great, and the...

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