EVA HAVLICEK ET AL. v. SEVIER COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION ET AL. - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 27, 2026

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Gregory C. Logue and Lindy D. Harris, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellants, Eva Havlicek and Save Pittman Center

Attorneys 2: Jerry H. McCarter, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, for the appellee, Sevier County Regional Planning Commission.

Attorneys 3: Benjamin C. Mullins and Richard E. Graves, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Running Rock Developments, LLC.

Judge(s): MCBRAYER

Unhappy with a planning commission’s approval of a subdivision concept plan, a not-for- profit corporation and an adjoining property owner petitioned for a writ of certiorari. The court dismissed the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. It concluded that the commission’s approval of a concept plan was not final for purposes of judicial review. We agree that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction albeit on a different basis.

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