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Finally, a right to move — and to compete — in West Virginia

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Published July 5, 2017 4:01am ET
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Finally, a right to move — and to compete — in West Virginia
Movers sorts boxes. A Virginia moving company 10 miles from the West Virginia border has been the plaintiff in a federal constitutional lawsuit for roughly a year because, until recently, it needed the permission of West Virginia moving companies to operate within that state. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy) | Denis Poroy

I‘ve been a household goods mover for more than 24 years and, since 2005, owner of Lloyd’s Transfer & Storage, a small moving company in Berryville, Virginia, just 10 miles from the West Virginia border. And for the past year or so, I’ve been the plaintiff in a federal constitutional lawsuit against West Virginia, challenging a law that denied me the right to offer moving services within the state without the consent of its established moving companies.

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