CITY OF WINCHESTER v. AMERICAN WOODMARK

Record No. 950013.

464 S.E.2d 148 (1995)

CITY OF WINCHESTER v. AMERICAN WOODMARK CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Collins Denny, III (Alan D. Wingfield; Mark K. Flynn, City Attorney; and Mays & Valentine, on briefs), for appellant.

D. French Slaughter, III (Leon F. Szpetycki; and McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, on brief), for appellee.

Virginia Association of Counties and Virginia Municipal League (C. Flippo Hicks; Howard W. Dobbins; Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins, on brief), Amicus Curiae, in support of appellant.

Virginia Manufacturers Association (John Charles Thomas; William L.S. Rowe; Thomas McN. Millhiser; Carol C. Wampler; Hunton & Williams, on brief), Amicus Curiae, in support of appellee.

Virginia Chamber of Commerce (Kenneth H. Silverberg; Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, on brief), Amicus Curiae, in support of appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


HASSELL, Justice.

I.

In this appeal, we consider whether Code §§ 58.1-1100 and -1101 authorize a city to tax certain personal property owned by a manufacturer.

II.

Relying upon the provisions of Code §§ 58.1-1100 and -1101(A), American Woodmark Corporation filed a pleading referred to as an "Application to Correct Erroneous Assessments of Local Taxes and Claim for Tortious Violation of Constitutional Rights" against...

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