MISS. DEPT. OF ENVIRON. QUAL. v. WEEMS

No. 93-CA-00680-SCT.

653 So.2d 266 (1995)

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board, Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality, Chambers of Mississippi, Inc., Chambers Clearview Environmental Landfill, Inc., and Betco, Inc. v. William S. WEEMS, Robert A. Weems, W. Lamar Weems, Betty Weems Clarkson, Tommy L. Weems, and Esther L. Weems.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 16, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jayne L. Buttross, Jackson, Tommie S. Cardin, Bill Cole, Crosthwait Terney, Jackson, George S. Monroe, II, Newton, for appellant.

Jerome L. Lohrmann, Lohrmann & Associates, Jackson, William S. Weems, Jackson, for appellee.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Jackson, James M. Hood, III, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for amicus curiae.

Before HAWKINS, C.J., and SULLIVAN and SMITH, JJ.


SMITH, Justice.

This case comes on appeal from the Scott County Chancery Court. The plaintiffs, Weems' et al, (Weems), filed suit to prevent the transfer of a solid waste landfill permit from Betco, Inc. to Chambers, MS. The permit was issued to Betco on November 28, 1989. Betco then negotiated to sell the landfill to Chambers, MS. During this period, Chambers contracted with Betco to operate the landfill. It submitted a...

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