Legal Opinion · Dissent

Pat Harrison Waterway District v. Lamar County, Mississippi

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 19, 2015No. 2013-CA-01535-SCTPublished

1DissentColeman, Justice

¶ 76. I dissent because, in my opinion, the majority’s holding ignores a directive *952from the Legislature — which it has every right to enact and every right to'‘expect the courts of the state to follow — that mandates that the act creating the. Pat Harrison Waterway District be liberally construed to’'effect the purposes for which it was passed, including the preservation of the District. See 5K Farms, Inc. v. Miss. Dep’t of Revenue, 94 So.3d 221, 227 (¶ 21) (Miss.2012) (“[T]he courts are without the light to substitute their judgment for that of thé Legislature as to the wisdom and policy of…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. National Federation of Independent Business v. SebeliusSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  2. Morrison v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Clark v. State Ex Rel. Miss. State Med. Ass'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
  4. 5K Farms, Inc. v. Mississippi Department of RevenueMississippi Supreme Court · 2012
  5. Polk v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Assn. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1907

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