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State high court declines to hear appeal in Rogers, Clinton suit

Posted at 11:47 pm March 14, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

Last week, the Tennessee Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against the city of Clinton and a road-paving company, effectively ending a nearly 20-year-old legal battle.

A grassroots organization called Citizens for Safety and Clean Air made up of Norris residents formed to fight plans by the Rogers Group to reopen a rock quarry and build an asphalt plant on land in the Bethel community annexed several years ago by the city of Clinton. The group filed a lawsuit in Anderson County Chancery Court to stop those plans from going forward, alleging that the city’s rezoning of the property for heavy industrial use constituted illegal spot zoning and that the project would cause increases in heavy truck traffic and air and noise pollution.

Chancellor William Lantrip dismissed the suit, saying that zoning is essentially a legislative matter and not the domain of the courts. An appeals court agreed last fall, and last week, the state’s high court declined to hear the case, essentially clearing the way for the project to move forward.

Filed Under: Anderson County, Business, Clinton, Clinton, Government, State, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Chancery Court, asphalt plant, Bethel, Citizens for Safety and Clean Air, Clinton, lawsuit, quarry, rock quarry, Rogers Group, Tennessee Supreme Court, William Lantrip, zoning

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