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The legal battle began in April 2023 when the NAACP alleged that the bill violated Mississippi’s constitution by diminishing Mississippians’ right to elect their judges and singling out Hinds County, a predominately black community containing Jackson. [read post]
13 Jul 2023, 4:21 am by Dan Tokaji
From DOJ’s press release: The Justice Department filed a complaint today challenging portions of Mississippi House Bill 1020 (H.B. 1020), which mandates the appointment of special judges and prosecutors by Mississippi state officials… Continue reading The post “Justice Department Challenges Racially Discriminatory Provisions of New Mississippi Law Targeting Hinds County” appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]
House Bill (HB) 1020 allows the Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice to appoint four judges to the Circuit Court of Hinds County. [read post]
24 Feb 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Arizona – Arizona’s Top Prosecutor Concealed Records Debunking Election Fraud Claims MSN – Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Isaac Stanley-Becker (Washington Post) | Published: 2/22/2023 An investigation found virtually all claims of error and malfeasance in Maricopa County, Arizona, in the 2020 election were unfounded, according to documents. [read post]
17 Jan 2023, 6:10 am by The Murray Law Firm
” WAPT.com is reporting, “[t]he Hinds County coroner identified the first victim as Steven Nicols, 31. [read post]
25 Sep 2021, 5:20 pm by Howard Friedman
Hinds County, Mississippi, (SD MS, Sept. 23, 2021), a Mississippi federal district court held that the equal terms provision of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act is violated by provisions on Agricultural Districts in Hinds County's zoning ordinance. [read post]
22 Aug 2021, 7:01 am by Daniel Byman
James Hinds of Arkansas, the first-ever murder of a U.S. congressman. [read post]
30 Apr 2021, 6:22 am by Throneberry Law Group
According to the lawsuit, filed in Hinds County Chancery Court in 2014, Johnson & Johnson violated Mississippi’s Consumer Protection Act when the company failed to include labels on its talcum powder products displaying a warning of the possible links between using talc-based products and developing ovarian cancer. [read post]
17 Nov 2020, 11:56 am by Renae Lloyd
The grand jury, in Hinds County, reportedly indicted Blount on one count of false pretense, which carries up to 10 years and $10,000 fine; three counts of insurance fraud, which carries up to nine years and $15,000 fine; four counts of fraud, which carries up to 20 years and $20,000 fine; and three counts of wire fraud, which carries up to 15 years and $30,000 fine. [read post]
10 Sep 2018, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Harney, sheriff of Hinds County, reported to Governor Ames on September 6, 1875 (as documented in Ron Chernow’s book Grant, p. 813) that squads of white men bushwhacking through the countryside were “murdering and driving the colored people from their homes . . . [read post]
20 Feb 2018, 11:43 am by randywallace
  The immediate change for sportsmen is a ban on supplemental feeding in the counties  within the 25 mile buffer zone surrounding the first confirmed CWD deer (Claiborne, Hinds, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, and Yazoo). [read post]
7 Sep 2016, 11:57 am by randywallace
Back in February of last year, I mentioned that a group of landowners filed a lawsuit in Hinds County Chancery Court against the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, and Sam Polles, in his official capacity as Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks. [read post]
25 May 2016, 8:36 am by randywallace
 Because the ordinance applies in both incorporated and unincorporated areas of Hinds County, it includes all cities within Hinds County. [read post]
12 Nov 2015, 12:54 pm by Legal Profession Prof
Brown was the attorney for the guardianship of DeMon McClinton, during which time he embezzled and/or mismanaged more than $1.2 million, much of it in Hinds County, where... [read post]
8 Sep 2015, 3:48 pm by Andrew Babb
Hinds County, Mississippi — There was a serious accident between a semi-truck and a pickup truck along I-20 near the Hinds County/Warren County line this past Monday. [read post]
18 Aug 2015, 3:50 am by SHG
Dunn refers to the Hinds County Circuit Clerk, Barbara Dunn, who refused to give marriage licenses to same sex couples. [read post]
7 Jul 2015, 3:52 am by David DePaolo
A divided Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission affirmed this finding, as did the Hinds County Circuit Court.However, the circuit court judge ruled that Harper’s decision not to obtain workers’ compensation insurance disqualified his family from collecting any benefits for his death.A divided Court of Appeals reversed the circuit court judge last April, finding that Harper had been wrong in believing the Banks firm had less than five employees.Thus,… [read post]
22 May 2015, 1:13 pm by Legal Profession Prof
The Mississippi Supreme Court has held that a Hinds County judge did not have the authority to prohibit a public defender from practice before the court on grounds of alleged general lack of competence. [read post]