HAMPTON NISSAN LTD. v. CITY OF HAMPTON

Record No. 950732.

466 S.E.2d 95 (1996)

HAMPTON NISSAN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, et al. v. CITY OF HAMPTON.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Nelson Happy, Newport News (Huber-Happy & Hudgins, on briefs), for appellants.

Richard D. Caplan, Deputy City Attorney, for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, LACY, HASSELL and KEENAN, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice.


HASSELL, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether a city may collect, as license taxes, payments in excess of the rate permitted by law that a motor vehicle dealer had collected improperly from motor vehicle purchasers.

The litigants have stipulated the relevant facts. The City of Hampton is a municipal corporation. Hampton Nissan Limited Partnership is a Virginia limited partnership which sells new and used motor vehicles at its dealership in Hampton...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases