Legal Opinion
City of Bluff City v. Morrell
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 27, 1988PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DROWOTA, Justice.
We granted appellants, William E. Mor-rell and other residents of Sullivan County, Rule 11 application in order to clarify the procedure to be followed when a municipality seeks to abandon or repeal an annexation ordinance, when a quo warranto proceeding has been filed challenging the ordinance. Plaintiff, The City of Bluff City, instituted this declaratory judgment action seeking a determination as to the validity of their annexation ordinance.
The facts are not in dispute. On March 20,1980, the Bluff City City Council passed on third and final reading, an ordinance…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- City of Lebanon v. BairdTennessee Supreme Court · 1988
- Lee v. City of ChattanoogaCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1973
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