Mississippi Waste of Hancock County, Inc. v. Board of Supervisors

WALLER, J.,

for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. The issue before the Court is whether Appellee Hancock County Board of Supervisors (“the Board”) properly suspended contract negotiations between Appellant Mississippi Waste of Hancock County, Inc. (“Mississippi Waste”), and the Hancock County Solid Waste Authority (“the Authority”). Numerous Hancock County citizens opposed the location of a privately owned waste facility in Hancock County and presented to the Board a petition for a special election under Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-55 (Supp.2000). The Board declined to take unilateral action on…