Legal Opinion
Pascagoula School District v. Tucker
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 12, 2012No. 2010-CA-00955-SCTPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAMAR, Justice, for the Court: and this Court appointed Judge Franklin McKenzie as special chancellor.
*600¶ 1. The Mississippi Legislature passed a law mandating that the revenue the Pas-cagoula School District (“PSD”) collected from ad valorem taxes levied on liquified natural gas terminals and crude oil refineries be distributed to all school districts in the county where the terminals and refineries are located. The Pascagoula School District — which contains a Chevron crude oil refinery and a Gulf liquified natural gas terminal — brought suit, seeking a declaration that the new law was…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- UHS-Qualicare, Inc. v. GULF COAST COM. HOSP., INC.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- Wells v. Panola County Bd. of Educ.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1994
- Stockstill v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
- City of Belmont v. Miss. State Tax Comm'nMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
- Cockrell v. Pearl River Valley Water Dist.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2004
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Tunica County, Mississippi v. Town of Tunica, MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2017
- Pascagoula-Gautier School District v. Board of Supervisors of Jackson CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 2016
- Cleveland MHC, LLC v. City of Richland, MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
- Katerina Galanis v. CMA Management CompanyCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2014
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