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CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE v. PAYNE

Record No. 200790.

856 S.E.2d 203 (2021)

CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, et al. v. Frederick W. PAYNE, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 1, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa A. Robertson , Acting City Attorney ( John C. Blair , City Attorney, on briefs), for appellants.

Kevin C. Walsh ( Ralph E. Main, Jr. , Charlottesville; S. Braxton Puryear ; Dygert, Wright, Hobbs & Hernandez, on brief), for appellee The Monument Fund.

( Ralph E. Main, Jr. , Charlottesville; S. Braxton Puryear ; Dygert, Wright, Hobbs & Hernandez, on brief), for appellees Frederick W. Payne, John Bosley Yellott, Jr., Edward D. Tayloe, II, Betty Jane Franklin Phillips, Edward Bergen Fry, Virginia C. Amiss, Stefanie Marshall, Charles L. Weber, Jr., Anthony M. Griffin, Britton Franklin Earnest, Sr., and Virginia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Amicus Curiae: The Commonwealth of Virginia ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General; Toby J. Heytens , Solicitor General; Erin B. Ashwell , Chief Deputy Attorney General; Michelle S. Kallen , Deputy Solicitor General; Martine E. Cicconi , Deputy Solicitor General; Jessica Merry Samuels , Assistant Solictor General; Zachary R. Glubiak , John Marshall Fellow, on brief), in support of appellants.

Amici Curiae: Former-Defendant Charlottesville City Councilors ( William G. Laxton, Jr. ; Benjamin C. Mizer ; Sparkle L. Sooknanan ; Parker A. Rider-Longmaid ; Jones Day, on brief), in support of appellants.

PRESENT: All the Justices.

In this appeal, we consider whether the circuit court erred in awarding declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and attorneys' fees pursuant to Code §§ 15.2-1812 and -1812.1.1

BACKGROUND

In 1918, the City of Charlottesville accepted a citizen's offer to...

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