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RUSSELL COUNTY DEPT. v. O'QUINN

Record No. 990309.

523 S.E.2d 492 (2000)

259 Va. 139

RUSSELL COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. Sheilah Jackson O'QUINN.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 14, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt J. Pomrenke (Steven R. Minor; Eric W. Reecher; Elliott, Lawson & Pomrenke, on briefs), Bristol, for appellant.

Paul G. Beers (Glenn, Feldmann, Darby & Goodlatte, on brief), Roanoke, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

HASSELL, Justice.

The primary issue we consider in this appeal is whether Code §§ 8.01-186 and -191, which are contained in the Virginia Declaratory Judgment Act, authorize a circuit court to award attorney's fees to a prevailing litigant.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. The Russell County Department of Social Services reassigned its employee, Sheilah Jackson O'Quinn, from a position of child protective services worker to a different position...

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