City of Jackson v. United Water Services, Inc.

¶ 17. Jackson Water Partnership (JWP) had a right to intervene in the circuit court action contesting the award of a contract to it by the City of Jackson. Because I would find that the circuit court erred in denying JWP’s motion to intervene, I respectfully dissent.

¶ 18. The majority’s statement that “the adoption of the Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure effectively supplanted” the applicable portion of Cooper v. City of Picayune, 511 So.2d 922, 923 (Miss.1987), is erroneous. (Maj. Op. at ¶ 13). Specifically, the majority states:

JWP certainly had the right to seek participation at the…