Matter of City of Gulfport
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal by citizens of the Orange Grove community from a judgment enlarging the corporate limits of Gulfport. We find no error and affirm.
FACTS
Gulfport presently encompasses 29.37 square miles within its corporate boundary, and according to the 1990 census, had a population of 40,775.
By city ordinance number 1792 adopted by the city January 19, 1988, and petition filed February 1, 1988, in the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Harrison County, the city sought to add 53.65 square miles with 27,827 additional inhabitants to the city, making a proposed total population…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Hans v. HansMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
- Bassett v. Town of TaylorsvilleMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
- Enlargement of Yazoo City v. Yazoo CityMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
- Dodd v. CITY OF JACKSON, MISSMississippi Supreme Court · 1960
- Matter of Boundaries of City of JacksonMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Matter of Extension of Boundaries of ColumbusMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
- In Re Mun. Boundaries of City of BiloxiMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
- In Re Boundaries of City of HattiesburgMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
- Matter of Enlargement of Mun. BoundariesMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
- In Re Municipal Boundaries of City of SouthavenMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
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