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ALDRIDGE v. WEST

No. 2005-CA-00960-SCT.

929 So.2d 298 (2006)

Courtney ALDRIDGE and Kevin Colbert, Individually and on Behalf of Other Concerned Citizens of the City of Natchez, Mississippi v. Phillip C. WEST, In His Capacity as Mayor of the City of Natchez, Mississippi; Joyce T. Arceneaux; James E. Gray, Jr.; Robert E. Pollard, Theodore J. West, David M. Massey; and John W. Middleton, Jr., In Their Official Capacities as Alderwoman and Aldermen of the City of Natchez, Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 18, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Kevin Colbert, attorney for appellants.

L. Clark Hicks, Jr., Hattiesburg, attorney for appellees.

EN BANC.

GRAVES, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Appellees voted to hire a policeman without going through the Civil Service Commission. Appellants, as concerned citizens, filed a Complaint for Writ of Mandamus to require appellees to comply with applicable law. Appellees filed a Motion to Dismiss, which the circuit court granted. Appellants now challenge the decision of the circuit court. We find appellants lacked standing to bring the instant action and affirm.

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