Legal Opinion
DEDEAUX UTILITY CO. v. City of Gulfport
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 7, 2011No. 2008-CA-02105-SCT, 2010-CA-00290-SCTPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDOLPH, Justice,
for the Court:
¶ 1. In 1996, the City of Gulfport, Mississippi (“Gulfport”) filed a complaint of eminent domain against Dedeaux Utility Company (“Dedeaux”), a privately-owned, public utility company, in the Special Court of Eminent Domain, Harrison County, Mississippi, First Judicial District. For the following eight years, Dedeaux continued to operate the utility. A physical taking did not occur until December 20, 2004, after a jury in the Special Court of Eminent Domain, Harrison County, Mississippi, Second Judicial District, awarded Dedeaux $3,634,757 for the taking.…
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