by Associated Press Published: January 2,2013
Tags: appeal, bench, bribe, bribery, corruption, court, crime, criminal, decision, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, ruling, sentence
JACKSON — Imprisoned former attorney Paul Minor has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his sentence in a Mississippi judicial corruption case. Minor is appealing a decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last August that upheld sentences of Minor and former judges Wes Teel and John Whitfield. Prosecutors say Minor backed [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 21,2012
Tags: agency, air, appeal, city, county, economic development, environment, federal, government, municipal, municipality, pollution
DESOTO COUNTY — The Environmental Protection Agency has rejected appeals from state officials over air quality listings. According to The Commercial Appeal, the decision means the counties remain classified as “non-attainment” areas because of ozone levels. Officials say the designation makes it more difficult to attract industry. The “non-attainment” counties in the Delta region are [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 14,2012
Tags: appeal, bench, call, caller ID, cell phone, communication, court, decision, judge, judicial, justice, law, legal, phone, spoofiing, state, telecommunication, telemarketer, telemarketing, telephone
JACKSON — A federal appeals court has sided with a New Jersey company that challenged Mississippi’s “anti-spoofing” law. Mississippi enacted the law 2010. Other states and Congress have since enacted similar laws. Backers of the laws say caller ID “spoofing” is a growing threat to people because of new technology making it cheap and easy [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 6,2012
Tags: appeal, attempted murder, attorney, bench, court, decision, divorce, doctor, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, murder, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology, physician, ruling, shootout
GREENWOOD — Oncologist Arnold Smith contends Attorney General Jim Hood had no authority to run a police operation that resulted in a shootout at a local law office. Smith argues in new federal court documents that police investigations are executive branch of government matters. He claims the attorney general is a member of the judicial [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 27,2012
Tags: appeal, attorney, bench, bond, bribe, bribery, conviction, court, crime, criminal, decision, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, legal, ruling
OXFORD — A federal judge says former attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs may return home to Oxford on $2 million bond while his attorneys appeal a 2009 bribery conviction. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Senior District Judge Glen Davidson set the bond yesterday for Scruggs, who has been imprisoned in Montgomery, Ala. Scruggs contends that [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 26,2012
Tags: appeal, attorney, court, employment law, health, health care, judge, justice, law, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, race discrimination, verdict
GREENWOOD — A federal judge has upheld a jury’s $82,000 award to a white attorney who claimed he was fired by the Greenwood Leflore Hospital’s majority-black board because of his race. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock’s ruling says jurors had sufficient evidence to conclude in April that race was a motivating factor in the board’s [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 20,2012
Tags: appeal, bench, conviction, court, crime, criminal, income tax, income tax return, jail, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, penalty, prison, tax, tax filing, tax service
HOLLANDALE — The conviction of the owner of a Mississippi income tax service has been upheld by a federal appeals court. Mary Wesley of Hollandale was convicted in 2011 of filing doctored tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to repay $5.5 million. Wesley was [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 18,2012
Tags: acquisition, appeal, buy, judge, law, legal, merger, purchase, ruling, sale, sell
PRENTISS COUNTY — The state Court of Appeals says the sale of a Prentiss County business will await a local judge’s determination of its fair market value. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Martha Crow and her husband Sylvester signed a lease in 2005 with Crow’s Sports Center Inc., Lynn Lambert and Rhonda Lambert. It [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 13,2012
Tags: appeal, bench, cap, constitutionality, court, damage, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, tort, tort reform
JACKSON — Resolution of a long-running Mississippi personal injury lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of a portion of the state’s tort laws is not expected before next year. The lawsuit, first filed in the federal court in 2006, contends Mississippi’s $1 million cap on non-economic damages is unfair. The cap was put into place a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 6,2012
Tags: appeal, athlete, athletics, bench, coach, court, decision, discrimination, employer, employment, higher education, job, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, reverse, ruling, sexual harrassment, sports, trial, university
HATTIESBURG — The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled against three former University of Southern Mississippi soccer coaches who claimed sexual harassment and sexual discrimination. The Hattiesburg American reports the ruling reversed a 2008 Forrest County Circuit verdict that awarded a total of $1.2 million in damages to the coaches. The Supreme Court found insufficient evidence [...] [...]
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