MAYOR & ALDERMAN v. VICKSBURG PRINTING & PUB.

No. 54384.

434 So.2d 1333 (1983)

The MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF the CITY OF VICKSBURG and the City of Vicksburg Planning Commission, Appellants, v. VICKSBURG PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.E. Sorey, II, Ward, Martin, Terry, King & Sorey, Vicksburg, for appellants.

William G. Beanland, Vicksburg, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court.

I.

We are here presented with our first opportunity to construe the Mississippi Open Meetings Law, Miss. Code Ann. §§ 25-41-1 et seq. (Supp. 1982). That law, colloquially referred to as the "Sunshine Law", became effective January 1, 1976.

On May 25, 1982, the Vicksburg Planning Commission (VPC)1 met with two expert city planners to consider an extension of the corporate boundaries...

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