HILL v. FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL BD.

Record No. 111805.

727 S.E.2d 75 (2012)

284 Va. 306

Jill DeMello HILL v. FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 7, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Michael Guiffre ( Benjamin G. Chew ; Rory E. Adams ; Patton Boggs, on briefs), for appellant.

Thomas J. Cawley ( Stuart A. Raphael ; Sona Rewari ; Hunton & Williams, McLean, on brief), for appellee.

Amici Curiae: Virginia School Boards Association, Virginia Municipal League, Virginia Association of Counties and Local Government Attorneys of Virginia, Inc. ( James J. O'Keeffe, IV ; Gregory J. Haley ; Monica T. Monday ; Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, Roanoke, on brief), in support of appellee.

Present: KINSER, C.J., LEMONS, MILLETTE, MIMS, McCLANAHAN, and POWELL, JJ., and KOONTZ, S.J.


Opinion by Senior Justice LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR.

In this appeal, we consider whether the circuit court correctly determined that certain exchanges of e-mails between members of a local school board did not constitute a "Meeting" within the meaning of Code § 2.2-3701 and, thus, did not violate the notice and open meeting requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Code § 2.2-3700 et seq. We further consider whether the court erred in...

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