REFERENDUM EX REL. KERRY v. NORFOLK

Record No. 061329.

645 S.E.2d 464 (2007)

COMMITTEE OF the PETITIONERS FOR REFERENDUM, by William S. KERRY, and Others v. CITY OF NORFOLK, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 8, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew M. Sacks (Stanley E. Sacks; Sacks & Sacks, on briefs), Norfolk, for appellant.

Conrad M. Shumadine (Brett A. Spain; Bernard A. Pishko, City Attorney; Wayne Ringer, Deputy City Attorney; Adam D. Melita, Assistant City Attorney, James L. Chapman, IV; Delphine G. Carnes; Willcox & Savage; Crenshaw, Ware & Martin, on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


OPINION BY Justice ELIZABETH B. LACY.

In this appeal we consider whether the circuit court erred in holding that a petition filed in a referendum process did not comply with the requirements of that process and in allowing certain parties to intervene and challenge the validity of the petition.

Facts and Proceedings

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