TRANSPORTATION COM'R OF VIRGINIA v. THOMPSON

Record No. 940782.

455 S.E.2d 206 (1995)

COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONER OF VIRGINIA v. Margaret T. THOMPSON.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Beall, Jr., Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. (James S. Gilmore, III, Atty. Gen., Richard L. Walton, Jr., Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Howard S. Marley, Beddow, Marley, Burgess & Associates, Chesterfield, on brief), for appellant.

John E. Dodson, Chesterfield (Gordon, Dodson & Gordon, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


HASSELL, Justice.

This eminent domain proceeding involves issues relating to: the exercise of peremptory strikes of commissioners allegedly based upon race; and damages to the landowner's residual property.

The Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner of Virginia (condemnor) filed a certificate pursuant to Code § 33.1-121 to acquire a portion of residential property owned by Margaret T. Thompson. The land subject to the take was necessary for the improvement...

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