Court Opinion

ID: 9790525
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 01:54:22.603227+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:30.001578
License: Public Domain

MACY, Justice,
dissenting, with whom CARDINE, Justice joins.
I dissent. This is an occasion when departure from precedent is necessary to vindicate plain, obvious principles of law and remedy continued injustice. Haddenham II is clearly wrong, and the continued application of the law of that case has caused a continued injustice in this case in the interest of stare decisis.
The county ordinance in this case, as well as the resolution in Haddenham II, contravenes not only the plain language of the state statutes pertaining to fireworks but also their intent and purpose. The statute permits the use of certain fireworks, and the- county laws prohibit it. They cannot co-exist. This being the case, the county ordinance should be declared null and void.
I also do not agree that the term “municipality” is intended to include a county government in the context of this case or any other case. County and city governments should not be compared any more than apples and oranges, as it is fruitless.