NMissCommentor

Today, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that they were going to explicitly remove Judge DeLaughter, and refused to grant the Judicial Performance Commission’s motion to dismiss its proceeding against DeLaughter, a motion based on DeLaughter’s resignation from the bench at the time of his guilty plea.
The majority thinks that this particular case doesn’t just require [...]

About yesterday’s Mississippi Supreme Court order that it won’t take any more budget cuts, Legislator, congressional candidate, and rocket scientist Alan Nunnelee spoke within hearing of a Clarion Ledger reporter:
Senate Appropriations Chairman Alan Nunnelee, R-Tupelo, said he’s seeking a second opinion from attorneys: “I don’t know who you appeal something like this [...]

Matt at Ipse Blogit just told me that Justice Randlolph stated at a CLE on the coast  that at 1:00 this afternoon, the Mississippi Supreme Court issued an order that the Governor has no authority to cut the funds appropriate to the Judiciary Branch.  Matt’s blogged this development.
This should be interesting!
UPDATE:  Here’s the order of [...]

From the Choctaw Plaindealer in Ackerman, Mississippi:
Fair appeal denied by Miss. Supreme Court
Who says appeals have to be fair?
The article relates the facts in this case from last week’s decision list:
EN BANC
2008-CT-00767-SCT
Kenyoung Fair v. State of Mississippi; Choctaw Circuit Court; LC Case #: 2007-0024-CR; Ruling Date: 02/21/2008; Ruling Judge: C. Morgan, III; Disposition: Petition [...]

The most effective intellectual energy in the Double Quick briefs as far as I’m concerned is on the liability issue.  The plaintiff was shot in the Double Quick parking lot, and the question is whether there was evidences the violence was foreseable under the Mississippi Supreme Court’s premises liability cases.
Double Quick makes the argument it [...]

I’ve now read through the briefs and came away thinking there’s a really good chance the Supreme Court won’t even reach the damages cap issue because of problems with the plaintiff’s case on premises  liability.
Even so, I want to make a couple of comments on the constitutional argument.  First, I came away unconvinced by both [...]

There’s an oddity on this week’s decision list– a cert. grant for a pro se petitioner in Robert Jackson v. State, with the vote to grant–Waller, Carlson, Graves, Dickinson, Lamar, Chandler and Pierce, and to deny– Randolph and Kitchens.  The Court of Appeals opinion is extremely unexceptional– a short unanimous opinion denying Jackson’s effort to [...]

In my project of writing about the Mississippi Supreme Court decisions list, I missed the 3rd and last Thursday.  This post will cover those, and there’s a note at the end of the post about what I’ve hit and missed since the first of the year; I’ve described most of the court’s decisions.  If you [...]

Tomorrow at 7:05 AM three Mississippi Supreme Court Justices– in order of seniority, George Carlson, Ann Lamar, and Bubba Pierce– will be on the Gallo Show on Super Talk Mississippi.  They’ll address:
The State budget, and how it plays on Mississippi’s Justice System.
How the justices come to consensus on casess
Justice Lamar will talk about a leadership [...]

I’ve already posted about the Mississippi Supreme Court opinion in the Jones, Funderburg case (and one reaction to it) from last Thursday’s decisions list.  There are several more opinions; I’m going to hold comment on one about state government and about a criminal case with a short order; below are comments about what I see [...]