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Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Property, W. Wade Berryhill Jan 1987

Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Property, W. Wade Berryhill

University of Richmond Law Review

This year, the courts decided many property law issues of interest to the general practitioner. Section I discusses cases from the federal district and circuit courts, as well as the Virginia Supreme Court and the Virginia Court of Appeals. The 1987 session of the General Assembly resulted in several changes affecting property laws in Virginia. Section II lists the most significant statutes.


Municipal Lease-Purchase Agreements: A Virginia Perspective, R. Webb Moore Jan 1987

Municipal Lease-Purchase Agreements: A Virginia Perspective, R. Webb Moore

University of Richmond Law Review

America's state and local governments are in a fiscal vise. Federal intergovernmental aid reached a high water mark in fiscal 1979, but subsequent cutbacks by President Reagan and Congress brought the era of rapid growth in federal domestic spending to a screeching halt in 1981 with reductions of over fifty-three billion dollars in budgetary authority and thirty-five billion dollars in budgetary outlays. Local governments have responded by taking one of three fiscal paths: (1) forced austerity, resulting in school and library closings, deteriorating infrastructure, elimination of mass-transit systems and benefit and personnel cuts; (2) an increased dependence on local tax …