Pearson's Fireworks, Inc. v. City of Hattiesburg

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In 2008, Pearson’s Fireworks, Inc. (Pearson’s) brought three claims against the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Pearson’s sought (1) a declaratory judgment that the city ordinance prohibiting the sale of fireworks was unenforceable against it, (2) damages for the “regulatory taking” of its business, should the city ordinance be declared enforceable, and (3) injunctive relief preventing Hattiesburg from closing its business until the resolution of its first and second claims. In 2010, the Lamar County Circuit Court granted summary judgment in favor of…