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UMSTATTD v. CENTEX HOMES, G.P.

Record No. 062152.

650 S.E.2d 527 (2007)

Kristen C. UMSTATTD, Mayor, et al. v. CENTEX HOMES, G.P.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 14, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monica Taylor Monday (Barbara P. Beach, Town Atty.; Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, Roanoke, on brief), for appellants.

John H. Foote (Michael J. Coughlin, Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley, Emrich & Walsh, on brief), Prince William, for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., KEENAN, KOONTZ, KINSER, and LEMONS, JJ., and RUSSELL and LACY, Senior Justices.

OPINION BY Senior Justice CHARLES S. RUSSELL.

This appeal presents the question whether mandamus was an appropriate remedy to compel a local land development official to accept an application for a subdivision and a preliminary subdivision plat. For the reasons stated below, we conclude that mandamus was not a proper remedy.

Facts and Proceedings

The essential facts are undisputed. In 2003, Centex...

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