HOOKED GROUP, LLC v. CITY OF CHESAPEAKE

Record No. 190764.

842 S.E.2d 413 (2020)

HOOKED GROUP, LLC v. CITY OF CHESAPEAKE.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

May 28, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Steven Emmert , Virginia Beach ( Joshua E. Baker ; Blake A. Willis ; Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy; Waldo & Lyle, on briefs), for appellant.

Ellen F. Bergren , Assistant City Attorney IV; ( Jacob P. Stroman , City Attorney; Kelly J. Lackey , Deputy City Attorney; Kelly D. Sheeran , Assistant City Attorney III, on brief), for appellee.

Amici Curiae: Owners' Counsel of America, National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, and the Virginia Property Rights Coalition ( Jeremy P. Hopkins ; Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog, on brief), in support of appellant.

Amici Curiae: Local Government Attorneys of Virginia, Inc., Virginia Municipal League , and Virginia Association of Counties ( F. Adam Cherry, III ; Francis A. Cherry, Jr. ; Randolph, Boyd, Cherry and Vaughan, on brief), in support of appellee.

PRESENT: All the Justices.


Hooked Group, LLC, whom we will refer to as the Landowner, owns a property zoned for commercial use in the City of Chesapeake. Previously, the property was accessible from two roads, but in 2017 the City closed one of them to all but emergency vehicles. The Landowner filed a declaratory judgment action,...

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