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13 Sep 2011, 5:13 pm by Reproductive Rights
CNN: Mississippi voters can decide 'personhood' of unborn, court rules, by Bill Mears: (CNN) -- Voters in Mississippi will be given a chance to decide whether life begins at conception, a controversial abortion-related ballot initiative that the state's highest court... [read post]
4 Aug 2011, 8:38 pm by Dan Taglioli
[JURIST] The Mississippi Supreme Court [official website] heard arguments Wednesday in a challenge by the State Auditor to the state Attorney General [official websites] practice of paying fees to hired private counsel directly out of litigation awards. [read post]
1 Apr 2016, 4:13 am by Howard Friedman
After devoting much of the opinion to issues of standing and 11th Amendment immunity, the court held that the Supreme Court's Obergefell decision requires striking down of the Mississippi adoption ban:... [read post]
2 Jul 2007, 3:50 pm
Via the Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report:The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear an appeal of a case that challenges whether the state's parental consent law for abortion can be used as a defense in a criminal... [read post]
21 Nov 2018, 4:25 am by Howard Friedman
Wade.This Court follows the commands of the Supreme Court and the dictates of the United States Constitution, rather than the disingenuous calculations of the Mississippi Legislature.Bustle reports on the decision. [read post]
A Mississippi judge Tuesday blocked a challenge to the state’s abortion ban, shutting down abortion access in the cascading aftermath of the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. [read post]
21 Nov 2012, 5:56 pm by Curt Cutting
In 1992, the Mississippi Supreme Court expressly rejected our rule and held that neither party is required to introduce financial condition evidence, but if no such evidence is presented, neither party can challenge the amount of the punitive damages award on appeal. [read post]
25 May 2021, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Last week, the Supreme Court announced that it would review a decision by the U.S. [read post]
16 Mar 2023, 4:30 am by Lawrence Solum
Green (University of Mississippi - School of Law), Charles Langley (University of Mississippi - School of Law), Elena Mosby Peters (University of Mississippi, School of Law, Students), David Camp Pittman (University of Mississippi - School of Law), & Suzette Nicole Wafford-Turner (University of Mississippi - School of Law) have posted State-Court Departures from the Supreme Court: A… [read post]
22 Sep 2015, 8:00 am by Gerry W. Beyer
Professionals and experts in guardianship issues have come together at the Mississippi Supreme Court to talk about major reforms to the state's guardianship laws. [read post]
16 May 2012, 1:45 pm
The lower court denied the defendants' motions, but after appeals, the Mississippi Supreme Court reversed the lower court and handed down a judgment in favor of the business owners. [read post]
31 May 2019, 12:02 pm by Carrie Thompson
Four African-American residents of Mississippi filed a lawsuit in federal court on Thursday seeking to block Mississippi’s process for electing statewide officials due to its discriminatory origins and impact. [read post]
3 Jan 2018, 9:41 pm by Jerry Donnini, Esq.
By way of background, the United States Supreme Court has held a state can only force a seller to collect sales tax if the seller has a physical presence in the state. [read post]
3 Jan 2018, 9:41 pm by Jerry Donnini, Esq.
By way of background, the United States Supreme Court has held a state can only force a seller to collect sales tax if the seller has a physical presence in the state. [read post]
11 Mar 2015, 8:49 am by Family Law
From DeSoto Times Today: The Mississippi Supreme Court is continuing its deliberations in the matter of a DeSoto County woman who wants the state to recognize her California same-sex marriage for the purposes of having the state grant the couple... [read post]
2 Dec 2013, 6:43 am by Wystan Ackerman
Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in its second case involving the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), which is Mississippi ex. rel. [read post]
21 May 2012, 9:35 am by Steve Hall
A lawsuit contending that state corrections officials failed to properly publicize as required by law its switch to a new lethal injection drug is before the Mississippi Supreme Court. [read post]
17 May 2021, 8:55 am by Amy Howe
The state went to the Supreme Court last summer, asking the justices to rule on whether all bans on pre-viability abortions are unconstitutional. [read post]