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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>370735</law_id><section_number>56-8</section_number><catch_line>Repeal of charter</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="121" identifier="56">Public Service Companies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">In General</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The charter of every <span class="dictionary">public service corporation</span> heretofore or hereafter incorporated may be repealed by any future General Assembly; but no <span class="dictionary">law</span> shall be passed for taking from a <span class="dictionary">company</span> its works or property without making to it just compensation.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 3891.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Mark O'Hara Wright v. Andrew C. Graves, Esq.</name><case_number>1079223</case_number><citation></citation><date>2023-10-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9433213/mark-ohara-wright-v-andrew-c-graves-esq/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>Mark O'Hara Wright v. Andrew C. Graves, Esq.</name><case_number>1079223</case_number><citation></citation><date>2023-10-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9434732/mark-ohara-wright-v-andrew-c-graves-esq/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>United States ex rel. Davis v. U.S. Training Center, Inc.</name><case_number>Civil No. 1:08cv1244</case_number><citation>829 F. Supp. 2d 329</citation><date>2011-12-08</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8711122/united-states-ex-rel-davis-v-us-training-center-inc/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. ORDER .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="3"><name>United States v. Hernandez-Villanueva</name><case_number>06-4211</case_number><citation></citation><date>2007-01-10</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2968406/united-states-v-hernandez-villanueva/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. PUBLISHED .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="4"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Humphreys &amp; Partners Architects v. Lessard Design, .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>14-2030</case_number><citation>790 F.3d 532</citation><date>2015-06-23</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2810928/humphreys-partners-architects-v-lessard-design-incorporated/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DUNCAN -wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Judge .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="5"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Humphreys &amp; Partners Architects v. Lessard Design, .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>14-2030</case_number><citation></citation><date>2015-06-24</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2811286/humphreys-partners-architects-v-lessard-design-inc/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. PUBLISHED .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="6"><name>In re: GNC Corp. v.</name><case_number>14-1724</case_number><citation>789 F.3d 505</citation><date>2015-06-19</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2810184/in-re-gnc-corp-v/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Affirmed by published opinion. Judge FLOYD wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Senior .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="7"><name>Wal-Mart Stores East, LP v. State Corporation Commission</name><case_number>191160</case_number><citation></citation><date>2020-07-09</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4766624/wal-mart-stores-east-lp-v-state-corporation-commission/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. PRESENT: Mims, Powell, Kelsey, McCullough, and Chafin, JJ., and Russell and Millette, S.JJ. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="8"><name>JTH Tax, Inc. v. Lee</name><case_number>2:06cv486</case_number><citation>514 F. Supp. 2d 818</citation><date>2007-09-21</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1961758/jth-tax-inc-v-lee/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 514 F.Supp.2d 818 (2007) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="9"><name>Campbell v. Harmon</name><case_number>051410.</case_number><citation>628 S.E.2d 308</citation><date>2006-04-21</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1058841/campbell-v-harmon/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 628 S.E.2d 308 (2006) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
