Legal Opinion
City of Jackson v. Holliday
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 11, 1963No. 42576PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
This case involves application of the doctrine of res judicata to a municipal zoning ordinance for a particular lot. Previously, the city council rezoned the property from commercial to residential, and the circuit court reversed it, adjudicating the order was unreasonable and arbitrary. There was no further appeal. Subsequently, without any changed conditions, the city council again ordered the lot changed from commercial to residential, on the theory that the zoning map was erroneously composed. The Circuit Court of Hinds County, First District, held that its first judgment was res judicata…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Whittle v. Board of Zoning AppealsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1956
- Russell v. Tenafly Bd. of AdjustmentSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1959
- Little v. Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1928
- Veal v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
- Highland Village Co. v. City of JacksonMississippi Supreme Court · 1962
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Mississippi Employment Security Commission v. Philadelphia Municipal Separate School District of Neshoba CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- Hood v. Dept. of Wildlife ConservationMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
- Young & Company and Texas Employers Insurance Association v. R. J. Shea, Deputy Commissioner of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- South Bend Federation of Teachers v. National Education Ass'n-South BendIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979
- Raju v. RhodesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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