Caton v. City of Thorsby

MADDOX, Retired Justice.

The question presented in this zoning case is whether the plaintiff, Ronnie Earl Catón, has standing to bring an action against the City of Thorsby and the City’s zoning commission challenging an alleged zoning decision affecting property he owned when he made a rezoning request but had sold before the formal meeting of the zoning commission at which his request was to be considered.

The circuit court granted the motion for a summary judgment filed by the City and the City of Thorsby Zoning Commission1 (“the zoning commission”) on the grounds that Catón was not the real…