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PEOPLE FIRST AUTO SALES, LLC ET AL. v. CITY OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Feb 12, 2025

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Malcolm Brown Futhey, III, and Harley Marie Chapman, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, People First Auto Sales, LLC, and Octopus Group, Inc.

Attorneys 2: Allan Jerome Wade and Brandy S. Parrish, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellees, City of Memphis, Tennessee and Memphis City Council.

Judge(s): BENNETT

A business sought a special use permit from the City of Memphis to operate a used car lot. At a meeting of the city council, the council voted to remand the business’s application back to the local land use control board. At the next meeting, the council reconsidered the application and denied it. The business filed a writ of certiorari challenging the denial, alleging due process violations and stating that the council failed to follow its rules of procedure. The trial court found that no due process right applied and that the council had properly followed its rules of procedure. We affirm.

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