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Johnson v. Hinds County

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 1988No. 55897PublishedCited by 66 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

524 So.2d 947 (1988)

Ben L. JOHNSON and James P. Knight, Jr., et al.

v.

HINDS COUNTY, Mississippi.

No. 55897.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 20, 1988.

James P. Knight, Jr., Knight & Knight, Jackson, for appellant.

Natie P. Caraway, John D. Price, Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway, Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

This case is about an experienced real estate developer who thumbed his nose at the county's subdivision ordinance. Lots have been formed and sold and houses built. When county planning authorities objected and took…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Peralta v. Heights Medical Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. Mullins v. RatcliffMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Tideway Oil Programs, Inc. v. SerioMississippi Supreme Court · 1983

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3Cited by66 opinions

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  3. Madden v. RhodesMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  4. Smith v. DorseyMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Cummings v. BendermanMississippi Supreme Court · 1996

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