HARDING ACADEMY v. METRO. GOV. OF NASHVILLE


222 S.W.3d 359 (2007)

HARDING ACADEMY v. THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

May 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Arthur Dean (at trial), John C. Hayworth, John Lee Farringer, IV, and Robert J. Walker, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Harding Academy.

Karl F. Dean, Director of Law, and J. Brooks Fox, John L. Kennedy, Laura T. Kidwell, Megan A. Landreth, and Theodore G. Morrissey, Metropolitan Attorneys, for the appellee, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.


OPINION

JANICE M. HOLDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., and CORNELIA A. CLARK and GARY R. WADE, JJ., joined.

The plaintiff applied for nine demolition permits, which the city initially issued. Two days later, however, the city revoked the permits based upon the "pending ordinance doctrine." At the time the plaintiff applied for the demolition permits, an application proposing a zoning change had been filed with...

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