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unusual facts about Paul v. Virginia


Corporate law in the United States

Paul v. Virginia, 75 US 168 (1869), a corporation was not a citizen within the meaning of the Privileges and Immunities Clause


Allan Bridge

Born in Falls Church, Virginia, Bridge attended the University of Chicago, where he earned a Bachelors degree in fine arts.

Amherst County, Virginia

Powhatan Ellis, (1790–1863), born in Amherst County, justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, United States Senator from Mississippi, and minister to Mexico.

Ashwood

Ashwood, Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States

Burkeville, Virginia

Polk Miller, renowned old time banjo-player, story-teller, veterinarian, and Confederate veteran; was born on a plantation just west of Burkeville in 1844.

Carrollton, Virginia

Carrollton is located near the southern end of the James River Bridge, across from Newport News, VA.

Chuck Carrington

Chuck Carrington (born 1968 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an American actor best known for playing Petty Officer Jason Tiner on JAG, and also star as Renny Jacobson independent feature thriller The List alongside Malcolm McDowell and Hilarie Burton.

Clover Hill Tavern

It was built by Alexander Patteson and his brother Lilburne Patteson as a stagecoach stop for the line between Cumberland County and Lynchburg.

Colonial Parkway Killer

Investigators have speculated that the suspect might be a law enforcement officer, someone impersonating one, or perhaps a rogue operative from the Central Intelligence Agency, which has a training facility nearby at Camp Peary in York County.

Countryside, Virginia

The majority of the homes in CountrySide were built by the homebuilder Pulte Homes, and are of the colonial architectural style.

Crim Dell bridge

These include jumping the wall of the Governor's Palace in Colonial Williamsburg after hours, streaking through the Sunken Garden, and swimming in Crim Dell.

Derek Cha

Their next stores were then opened in Chesterfield, Richmond, Charlottesville, Lynchburg and Williamsburg, Virginia.

Dom Flora

Dominick A. "Dom" Flora (born June 12, 1935) is a former American college basketball standout at Washington & Lee University (W&L), located in Lexington, Virginia.

Edge city

Garreau's classic example of an edge city is the information technology center, Tysons Corner, Virginia, west of Washington, D.C. As recently as the end of World War II, it was a country crossroads, but it now has more office space than downtown Atlanta.

Edward Scheidt

After retiring from the CIA, Scheidt helped found an encryption company called TecSec Inc., in 1990 in Vienna, Virginia, where as of 2011 he works as Chief Scientist.

F. Flaxington Harker

Beginning in 1914, Harker served as Organist and Choirmaster at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia.

Fading Trails

It is a compilation of tracks from four different recording sessions, including recordings at Electrical Audio in Chicago, engineered by Steve Albini, Sound of Music Studio in Richmond, Virginia, produced by David Lowery, and Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, engineered by James Lott.

Falmouth, Virginia

Chatham Manor, the 1771 home of William Fitzhugh and a Union headquarters during the Civil War, is located downstream from Falmouth, opposite the historic district of Fredericksburg.

Frogtown, Virginia

Frogtown is the name of several unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Virginia.

George's Schoolhouse Raid

A little more than a week later, on January 12, members of the 35th were attending a party in Hillsborough, when they were surprised by the Unionist Loudoun Rangers, leaving one dead and two captured.

Gustav Kaupert

In the United States, his creations can be found in Richmond, Virginia (monument of George Washington), and in Washington DC (figure of "America" at the Capitol building).

Hank the Cat

However, they were instead given to Animal Allies, a rescue group, and Hank was adopted by a family in Springfield.

In Coena Domini

Under Urban V (1363) the list contained seven cases; under Gregory XI (1372) nine; under Martin V (1420) ten; under Julius II (1511) twelve: under Paul III (1536) seventeen; under Gregory XIII in 1577 twenty, and under the same pontiff in 1583 twenty-one; under Paul V (1606 and 1619) twenty; and the same number in the final shape given to it by Urban VIII.

Irving Kristol

Kristol died aged 89 on September 18, 2009 at the Capital Hospice in Falls Church, Virginia from complications of lung cancer.

Jefferson Forest High School

Being so close to Thomas Jefferson’s plantation Poplar Forest, the school's name pays tribute both to the third president of the United States and to the community in which it is located, Forest.

John S. Darling

John S. Darling (August 17, 1911 – August 23, 2007), was a prominent Virginia based artist was born in McLean, Virginia.

Joseph Lekuton

He taught at The Langley School in McLean, Virginia, before leaving for Harvard University where he earned a Masters degree in International Education policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Karl King

He was given a testimonial dinner for 250 people in 1951 at the age of 59 where band world luminaries including Glenn Cliffe Bainum, Albert Austin Harding, Paul V. Yoder, and William H. Santelmann attended (as well as William S. Beardsley, the governor of Iowa).

Kitsunegari

In Lorton, Virginia, Robert Patrick Modell escapes from a prison hospital, after which the guard on duty dazedly says, "He had to go."

Levy Chapel

Commodore Levy Chapel, the U.S. Navy's oldest land-based Jewish Chapel, at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

Louis H. Marrero

On November 25, 1863, he was captured and imprisoned at Rock Island, Illinois, until March 1865, when he was taken to Richmond and put on probation.

May McNeer

May Yonge McNeer Ward (1902 in Tampa, Florida – 1994 in Reston, Virginia) was an American journalist and author of a variety of subjects, many of which were illustrated by her husband, Lynd Ward, whom she married a week after his graduation from Columbia University in 1926.

McGaheysville, Virginia

The land to the immediate south of the village consists primarily of farmland but beyond that is the mountainous Shenandoah National Park.

NORAD Tracks Santa

The program is in the tradition of the September 1897 editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" in the New York Sun.

Norge, Virginia

Other landmarks in Norge include the former Doll Factory, the former Williamsburg Soap and Candle Factory, Our Savior's Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Norge Train Depot, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Percy Ellsworth

Ellsworth attended Southampton High School in Courtland, Virginia, where he was a Super Prep All-American as a senior.

Rajeevnath

The film, made with a minuscule budget of Rs. 6 lakh ($12000 as per 2012 conversion rate) was the Indian entry for Alexandria Film Festival.

Reedville, Virginia

Menhaden, once caught, are cooked in large mass and processed for further use in various applications including as a protein additive for poultry feed; Tyson Foods is a large customer.

Richardsville, Virginia

It was the site of many of Virginia's gold mines in the early 19th century and the site of many troop movements and skirmishes during the Civil War.

Roy Powell

His composition "Bow Out" was adapted with a piece by David Bedford by the American choreographer Val Caniparoli to create the ballet piece "Bow Out", performed by ballet companies in Oakland, Richmond, Cincinnati and Florida.

Sigma Nu

Sigma Nu (ΣΝ) is an undergraduate college fraternity that was founded by James Frank Hopkins, Greenfield Quarles and James McIlvaine Riley at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia shortly after Hopkins witnessed what he considered a hazing ritual by upperclassmen at the Virginia Military Institute.

Smithfield Foods

Headquartered in Smithfield, Virginia, it runs facilities in 26 U.S. states, including the largest slaughterhouse and meat-processing plant in the world, located in Tar Heel, North Carolina.

Stonewall Jackson Area Council

Camp Shenandoah was first established in 1930 near McGaheysville, Virginia and moved to its present site near Swoope, Virginia in 1950.

Sylvanus Thayer

During the War of 1812, Thayer directed the fortification and defense of Norfolk, Virginia, and was promoted to major.

Timber Ridge

From WV 127/VA 127 at Good to Lehew, Timber Ridge serves as the boundary line between Hampshire County, West Virginia, and Frederick County, Virginia.

Waynesboro, Virginia

The town is perhaps best known for being the home of P. Buckley Moss and the P. Buckley Moss Museum, which attracts 45,000 visitors annually.

Whaleyville, Virginia

The Lumber Mill at Whaleyville closed in 1919, and moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Winchester, Virginia

During the Eisenhower administration, Winchester also formalized a sister city relationship with Ambato, Ecuador.

WMEV

WKPZ-CA, a low-power television station licensed to serve Pennington Gap, Virginia, which held the call sign WMEV-LP from 1999 to 2010

WRID-LP

W48BI was one of two possible candidates for the network affiliate which declined the offer or launch a brand new station on channel 19 that later became an outlet for Charlottesville's CBS affiliate WCAV in 2004.

Wythe County, Virginia

Wythe County is also home to the Austinville community which was founded by Stephen and his brother Moses Austin, father of the famous Stephen F. Austin.


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