VIRGINIAN-PILOT MEDIA v. DOW JONES & CO.

Record No. 091661.

698 S.E.2d 900 (2010)

VIRGINIAN-PILOT MEDIA COMPANIES, LLC v. DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brett A. Spain ( Conrad M. Shumadine ; Willcox & Savage, Norfolk, on briefs), for appellant.

Brian A. Coleman ( Kenneth M. Vorassi ; Drinker Biddle & Reath, Washington, DC, on brief), for appellee.

Present: KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, MILLETTE, and MIMS, JJ., and CARRICO and RUSSELL, S.JJ.


Opinion by Senior Justice CHARLES S. RUSSELL.

This appeal presents two questions: (1) whether a circuit court has subject matter jurisdiction to determine whether a newspaper meets the requirements of Code § 8.01-324(A) for the publication of legal notices and to enter an ex parte order ruling on that subject, and (2) whether another newspaper has standing to intervene to assert the court's lack of subject matter jurisdiction...

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