BLANTON v. AMELIA COUNTY

Record No. 000277.

540 S.E.2d 869 (2001)

Reuben L. BLANTON, et al. v. AMELIA COUNTY, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Broaddus (E.E. Mathews III; McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, on briefs), Richmond, for appellants.

L. Lee Byrd (C. Michael DeCamps, Robert B. Delano, Jr.,; M. Ann Neil Cosby; Sands Anderson Marks & Miller, on brief), Richmond, for appellees.

Amici Curiae: Virginia Farm Bureau Federation (Timothy G. Hayes; Hunton & Williams, on brief), Hampton Roads Sanitation District; City of Richmond, Virginia; Alexandria Sanitation Authority; and South Central Wastewater Authority (Stephen E. Baril; Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins, on brief), Richmond, Virginia Association of Counties; County of Rappahannock, Virginia; County of Goochland, Virginia (Darvin E. Satterwhite, on brief), Goochland, Local Government Attorneys of Virginia, Inc. (Neal L. Walters; Scott & Kroner, on brief), Charlottesville, in support of appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


HASSELL, Justice.

I.

In this appeal, we consider whether ordinances enacted by a county's board of supercontravene Code § 1-13.17, which prohibits the enactment of ordinances that are inconsistent with the laws of this Commonwealth.

II.

A.

Appellants, Reuben L. Blanton, L.L. Covington, Lois N. Hall, David L. Foley, Jack E. Bulls, Grub Hill Farm, Inc., Hoot Owl Hollow Farms, and...

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