DELPHI OIL v. FORREST COUNTY BD. OF SUP'RS

No. 2012-CA-00563-SCT.

114 So.3d 719 (2013)

DELPHI OIL, INC. v. FORREST COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 6, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Clark Hicks, Jr. , Hattiesburg, R. Lane Dossett , L. Grant Bennett , attorneys for appellant.

David B. Miller , attorney for appellee.

Before DICKINSON, P.J., CHANDLER and KING, JJ.


CHANDLER, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. The Forrest County Board of Supervisors (the Board) passed an ordinance requiring that oil and gas facilities within Forrest County be fenced. Delphi Oil, Inc. (Delphi) filed a bill of exceptions and appealed to the Circuit Court of Forrest County, which affirmed the fencing ordinance. Delphi appeals, arguing that, because the regulatory authority of the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board (OGB) preempts any local regulation of...

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