Opinion ID: 1868481
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: issue of the lamar county school district

Text: The trial court erred in failing to consider the impact of incorporation of the Lamar County School District in determining the reasonableness of incorporation and in not finding that incorporation was reasonable based thereon when considered with other factors. The Lamar County School District has joined in the present appeal based upon the notion that an affirmance of the denial of the incorporation of Oak Grove by this Court will lead to a future annexation of this area by Hattiesburg. The School District is concerned about such an annexation in light of the Dupree v. Moore, 831 F. Supp. 1310 (S.D.Miss. 1993) ( Dupree II ) decision, which would likely cause any annexed areas in Oak Grove to become part of Hattiesburg's school district. The school district misses the basic point, however, that the present case is not an annexation case at all. The proper forum to argue about the adverse effect annexation would have on their school district is in an annexation case, when and if Hattiesburg attempts once again to annex this area. Accordingly, this assignment of error is without merit and is overruled. JUDGMENT IS AFFIRMED. DAN LEE, C.J., SULLIVAN, P.J., and BANKS, McRAE, JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., SMITH and MILLS, JJ., concur. PITTMAN, J., not participating.