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Hosemann revels in victory over Court’s redistricting ruling

Associated Press — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:29:05 +0000

JACKSON — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is celebrating a victory in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the redrawing of the state’s voting districts. The Mississippi NAACP had challenged the state’s 2011 state elections because the Legislature did not immediately use the 2010 census to draw new district lines in 2011. [...]

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Court rules in clinic dispute involving St. Dominic, HMA

Associated Press — Sun, 19 May 2013 19:38:25 +0000

CANTON — The Mississippi Supreme Court has granted a motion from St. Dominic Health Systems to dismiss its appeal of a judge’s order that it did not have a binding contract to buy an outpatient surgery clinic in Canton. The dismissal order was made public by the court late last week. St. Dominic had argued [...]

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Panel rejects appeal in global warming/Katrina lawsuit

Associated Press — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:49:14 +0000

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — A federal appeals panel has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a group of Mississippi Gulf Coast residents and landowners who alleged that emissions by energy companies contributed to global warming, which intensified Hurricane Katrina, which, in turn, damaged their property. In the lawsuit, the landowners sought compensatory and [...]

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USDA revokes zoo’s license; owners plan appeal

Associated Press — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:20:07 +0000

COLLINS — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has revoked the exhibitor’s license of the Collins Zoo following a hearing before an administrative law judge. The decision adds to the stack of legal troubles facing zoo owners Gus and Betty White following the most recent Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks raid of the U.S. [...]

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State Farm appeals Katrina-related whistleblower lawsuit ruling

Associated Press — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:21:09 +0000

GULFPORT — State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has asked a judge to void a jury’s finding that the company defrauded the government involving a policyholder claim after Hurricane Katrina. Motions filed in U.S. District Court in Gulfport also seek a new trial The verdict came in April in a whistleblower lawsuit against the Illinois- [...]

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Court to heal appeal of breach of contract ruling

Associated Press — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:15:42 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear oral arguments June 5 in a Jackson hospital’s appeal of a $2.27 million judgment for a doctor in a breach of contract lawsuit. Dr. Adolfo Morales, an ophthalmologist, had alleged Central Mississippi Medical Center breached a physician recruitment contract in 2004, which would have allowed him to [...]

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Disbarred lawyer asks to return to prison pending appeal

Associated Press — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:57:45 +0000

OXFORD — Disbarred Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs wants to return to federal prison pending an appeal of a judicial corruption conviction. Scruggs has been free on $2 million bond since December while appealing the 2009 conviction, but a three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently rejected his arguments. In a [...]

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Ex-county administrator asks for trial reschedule, missed deadline

Associated Press — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:34:26 +0000

BATESVILLE — Former Panola County administrator David Chandler has asked a judge to give him more time to appeal his guilty plea to charges in an alleged kickback scheme at Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville. However, the deadline for Chandler to file an appeal passed two weeks ago. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Chandler’s [...]

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Telemarketer’s appeal fails, will serve prison term

Associated Press — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:47:29 +0000

JACKSON — A federal appeals panel has upheld the conviction of Timothy Allen for his role in a telemarketing scheme that prosecutors said targeted seniors. Allen was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in 2012. He was sentenced to more than seven years in prison with four years’ supervised release. He also was ordered [...]

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Court agrees to review ruling in Katrina-related climate-change case

Associated Press — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:52:19 +0000

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — A federal appeals court has agreed to review a three-judge panel’s ruling that a group of Mississippi coastal landowners can sue energy and chemical companies on allegations that linked greenhouse gas emissions to Hurricane Katrina. The lawsuit alleges that greenhouse gas emissions from energy and chemical companies contributed to global warming, [...]

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