Legal Opinion · Dissent

Roundstone Development, LLC v. City of Natchez

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 17, 2013No. 2010-CT-00274-SCTPublished

1DissentChandler, Justice

¶ 28. I do not agree with the majority’s analysis. Therefore, I respectfully dissent. The Court of Appeals’ dissent correctly focused on the denial of the site-plan application and found it unnecessary to decide the zoning issue. In likening the present case to Vineyard Investments, LLC v. City of Madison, 999 So.2d 438, 442 (Miss.Ct.App.2009), the Court of Appeals’ dissent opined that the approval of the site plan and subdivision plat is a ministerial act, as opposed to the quasilegislative decisions of rezoning applications. Thus, because Roundstone had met all zoning and building…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Old Canton Hills Homeowners Ass'n v. City of JacksonMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  2. BERRY, MAYOR, ETC. v. EmbreyMississippi Supreme Court · 1960
  3. Thompson v. MayfieldMississippi Supreme Court · 1967
  4. Hillside Terrace, L.P. Ex Rel. Hillside Terrace I LLC v. City of GulfportCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2009
  5. Roundstone Development, LLC v. City of NatchezCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011

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