Legal Opinion

Roussel v. Robbins

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 3, 1996No. 90-CA-00536-SCTPublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

688 So.2d 714 (1996)

Hunter L. ROUSSEL, Jr.

v.

John ROBBINS, II.

No. 90-CA-00536-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 3, 1996.

Ricky G. Luke and Thomas W. Crockett, Jr., Watkins Ludlam & Stennis, Jackson, for Appellant.

John M. Roach, Jackson, for Appellee.

En Banc.

JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., Justice, for the Court:

I

INTRODUCTION

Attorney John Robbins represented a Brandon, Mississippi property owner who obtained rezoning of his land in January of 1983. Hunter Roussel, who owned property nearby, opposed the rezoning and appealed to the Rankin County Circuit Court. The Circuit Court affirmed the…

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