Zumwalt v. Jones County Board of Supervisors

WALLER, Chief Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. This appeal arises from a decision of the Hinds County Chancery Court regarding which party “owns” a “historical certificate of need” as well as the right to operate the facility known as the Jones County Rest Home, and whether Zumwalt “owns” the nursing home license for the Jones County Rest Home. We affirm the chancery court’s denial of Zumwalt’s claims of ownership interests in the certificate of need, the license, and the facility.

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¶ 2. This Court is asked to address the Certificate of Need Laws of 1979;…