Skip to page content
Power & PoliticsUnited States edition
Sections
Only your five-digit ZIP code is sent. We never ask for your address.
Independent · nonpartisan
Share the record

REVERSED

City of Virginia Beach v. Carmichael Dev. Co.

REVERSED status graphic: City of Virginia Beach v. Carmichael Dev. Co.. 990919 City of Virginia Beach v. Carmichael Dev. Co. 03/03/2000 The trial court erred in entering judgment against a locality for alleged tortious interference with a land sales contract. While there was a proprietary aspect to the city's property acquisition, the overriding nature of the step was a governmental function to benefit the welfare and safety of the public, and hence the city's actions were shielded by sovereign immunity. The trial court ruling is reversed and final judgment is ente…
Illustrative anonymous person approaching a public clerk intake window · labeled illustrative in the graphic