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GOLDMAN v. LANDSIDLE

Record No. 001947.

552 S.E.2d 67 (2001)

262 Va. 364

Paul GOLDMAN, et al. v. William E. LANDSIDLE, Comptroller, State of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 14, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Goldman, Pro Se; Alexander B. McMurtrie, Jr. (McMurtrie, Grubbs & Associates, on brief), Richmond, for appellants.

Gregory E. Lucyk, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mark L. Earley, Atty. Gen., Francis Ferguson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Michael K. Jackson, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Donald R. Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Clerk of Senate of VA and Clerk of VA House of Delegates (H. Lane Kneedler; Gail D. Jaspen; Megan E. Owen; Joseph A. Rieser, Jr.; Prof. A.E. Dick Howard; Roger C. Wiley; Christopher R. Nolen; E.M. Miller, Jr.; Virginia A. Edwards; Reed Smith Hazel & Thomas; Hefty & Wiley; Sands Anderson Marks & Miller; Div. of Legislative Services, on brief), Amici Curiae, in support of appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., HASSELL, KEENAN, KOONTZ, KINSER, and LEMONS, JJ., and COMPTON, Senior Justice.

BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Justice.

In this appeal, the dispositive issue is whether "citizens" and "taxpayers" have standing to seek a writ of mandamus against the Commonwealth challenging the application of certain statutes when their alleged injury is no different from that incurred generally by the public at large.

In April 1999, Paul Goldman and Alexander B. McMurtrie, Jr. (collectively, the petitioners), filed a petition in the circuit court seeking a writ...

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