GREENVILLE SCHOOL v. WESTERN LINE SCHOOL

No. 07-CA-59534.

575 So.2d 956 (1990)

GREENVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT; Mary Haynes, Carolyn Morris, Ann Brent, Roy Campbill, III, and John Richards, in their official capacities as members of the Greenville Public School District Board of Trustees v. WESTERN LINE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT; Ruby Slade, Dot Gilder, Tootie Trotter, Clarence Hall, Jr. and Martha Carroll, in their official capacities as members of the District Board of Education.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing March 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry Sansing, Brunini Granthan Grower & Hewes, Jackson, for appellants.

J. Robertshaw, Robertshaw Terney Noble & Smith, Greenville, for appellees.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen. and Giles W. Bryant, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for amicus curiae.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and BLASS, JJ.


BLASS, Justice, for the Court:

Plaintiff, Greenville Public School District, sought a declaratory judgment that 14 square miles of territory lying in the Western Line Consolidated School District automatically became part of the Greenville District when that territory was annexed by the City of Greenville. This would have been true under Miss. Code Ann. § 37-7-611, prior to the adoption of The Education Reform Act of 1986, ch. 492, Laws of Mississippi 1986, Section...

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