City of Richmond v. United States
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City of Richmond v. United States, 422 U.S. 358 (1975) was a case that upheld Richmond, Virginia
's annexation
of land from surrounding counties.
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
's annexation
Annexation
Annexation is the de jure incorporation of some territory into another geo-political entity . Usually, it is implied that the territory and population being annexed is the smaller, more peripheral, and weaker of the two merging entities, barring physical size...
of land from surrounding counties.
See also
- List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 422
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