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· 3/12/1982

City of Danville v. Laird

Citations

  • 288 S.E.2d 429
  • 223 Va. 271
  • 1982 Va. LEXIS 199

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that council discussion in executive session of whether to appeal did not violate the open meeting law given that ultimate decision to adopt ordinance to meet the objections of trial court was made in public
  • holding that council discussion in executive session of whether to appeal did not violate the open meeting law given that ultimate decision to adopt ordinance to meet the objections of trial court was made in public
  • “The policy expressly stated in this section is that this chapter shall be liberally construed to enable citizens to observe the operations of government and that the exemptions shall be narrowly construed in order that nothing which should be public may be hidden from any person.”

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Judges: Carrico, Cochran, Pofif, Compton, Stephenson, Harrison

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