Home Base Litter Control, LLC v. Claiborne County, Mississippi

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Home Base Litter Control LLC entered into a contract with Claiborne County for rural solid-waste-collection services. Claiborne County terminated the contract early, and Home Base sued for breach of contract and damages. The Claiborne County Circuit Court granted summary judgment in favor of Claiborne County, finding that the six-year eight-month contract entered into by the parties violated the six-year statutory maximum in Mississippi Code Annotated section 17-17-5(1) (Rev. 2012), and that the County could not be found in breach of an illegal contract. We find…