White v. Gautier Utility District of Jackson County

ROBERTSON, Justice,

for the Court:

I. Introduction

These consolidated bond validation and declaratory judgment actions present important questions concerning whether citizens have due process rights to be heard— and, if so, where and to what extent — before their property may become burdened by the obligation to underwrite revenue bonds issued by a local political subdivision. Beyond that the case presents the question of whether a local utility district may consistent with our state’s constitution be organized and exist under a local and private law in the face of a general law respecting the…