Mississippi Business Journal » hearing http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Court to heal appeal of breach of contract ruling http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/06/court-to-heal-appeal-of-breach-of-contract-ruling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=court-to-heal-appeal-of-breach-of-contract-ruling http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/06/court-to-heal-appeal-of-breach-of-contract-ruling/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 13:15:42 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74342 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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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/06/court-to-heal-appeal-of-breach-of-contract-ruling/feed/ 1 Suspect in ricin-laced letters to be in court for detention hearing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/suspect-in-ricin-laced-letters-to-be-in-court-for-detonation-hearing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=suspect-in-ricin-laced-letters-to-be-in-court-for-detonation-hearing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/suspect-in-ricin-laced-letters-to-be-in-court-for-detonation-hearing/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 11:58:12 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74133 TUPELO — The first time James Everett Dutshcke’s name came up in court regarding ricin-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and others, he wasn’t the man charged in the case. And it was a defense lawyer for the first man to fall under suspicion, not the government, pointing the finger at Dutschke. That was [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/suspect-in-ricin-laced-letters-to-be-in-court-for-detonation-hearing/feed/ 1 Hearing of man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to continue http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/22/hearing-of-man-accused-of-sending-ricin-laced-letters-to-continue/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hearing-of-man-accused-of-sending-ricin-laced-letters-to-continue http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/22/hearing-of-man-accused-of-sending-ricin-laced-letters-to-continue/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:02:00 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=73710 OXFORD — The man charged with mailing ricin-laced letters to the president and a senator was expected back in court today, and the hearing could reveal what evidence authorities have collected from searches of his home and vehicle. Through his lawyer, Paul Kevin Curtis has denied any involvement in the letters sent to President Barack [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/22/hearing-of-man-accused-of-sending-ricin-laced-letters-to-continue/feed/ 0 Judge rejects BP’s request to block oil spill payouts http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/judge-to-hear-bps-request-to-block-oil-spill-payouts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=judge-to-hear-bps-request-to-block-oil-spill-payouts http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/judge-to-hear-bps-request-to-block-oil-spill-payouts/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:47:18 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72800 NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has rejected BP’s request to block what could be billions of dollars in settlement payouts to businesses who claim the company’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost them money. Before a hearing today, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier already had upheld court-appointed claims administrator Patrick Juneau’s [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/judge-to-hear-bps-request-to-block-oil-spill-payouts/feed/ 1 Abortion clinic preparing for license revocation hearing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/28/abortion-clinic-preparing-for-license-revocation-hearing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=abortion-clinic-preparing-for-license-revocation-hearing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/28/abortion-clinic-preparing-for-license-revocation-hearing/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:13:38 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70525 JACKSON — Mississippi’s only abortion clinic is scheduled for an April 18 license revocation hearing before the state Department of Health, and officials say a decision could come days or weeks later. The Health Department told the clinic in late January that it intends to take away its license because the facility had failed to [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/28/abortion-clinic-preparing-for-license-revocation-hearing/feed/ 2 Judge to hear petition to block sand drying plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/20/judge-to-hear-petition-to-block-sand-drying-plant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=judge-to-hear-petition-to-block-sand-drying-plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/20/judge-to-hear-petition-to-block-sand-drying-plant/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:05:08 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70087 POPLARVILLE — A Pearl River County judge has scheduled a hearing tomorrow on a petition from some residents seeking to block development of five acres near the construction site of a sand drying plant in Picayune. The Alliance Consulting Group is locating the plant on 30 acres between Nicholson and Picayune. The $30-million plant would [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/20/judge-to-hear-petition-to-block-sand-drying-plant/feed/ 0 Change of plea hearing set for ex-teller accused of theft http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/18/change-of-plea-hearing-set-for-ex-teller-accused-of-theft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=change-of-plea-hearing-set-for-ex-teller-accused-of-theft http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/18/change-of-plea-hearing-set-for-ex-teller-accused-of-theft/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:19:20 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=69845 PICAYUNE — A change of plea hearing is scheduled tomorrow for the former head teller of a Picayune bank accused of participating in the theft of $117,000 from a bank vault at Union Planters Bank. Vonetta Jordan, of Poplarville, is charged with bank fraud, conspiracy to commit mail fraud and 12 counts of making false [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/18/change-of-plea-hearing-set-for-ex-teller-accused-of-theft/feed/ 0 No decision rendered in BP oil spill fairness hearing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/09/no-decision-rendered-in-bp-oil-spill-fairness-hearing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-decision-rendered-in-bp-oil-spill-fairness-hearing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/09/no-decision-rendered-in-bp-oil-spill-fairness-hearing/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:39:02 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=65009 NEW ORLEANS — BP and attorneys for businesses and people who lost money in the Gulf oil spill urged a federal judge yesterday to give his final approval to a class-action settlement. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier heard arguments from lawyers who negotiated the deal as well as other attorneys who have objected to parts [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/09/no-decision-rendered-in-bp-oil-spill-fairness-hearing/feed/ 0 Judge holding fairness hearing on oil spill class-action claims http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/08/judge-holding-fairness-hearing-on-oil-spill-class-action-claims/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=judge-holding-fairness-hearing-on-oil-spill-class-action-claims http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/08/judge-holding-fairness-hearing-on-oil-spill-class-action-claims/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:56:40 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=64981 NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a fairness hearing for a proposed class-action settlement of economic damage claims spawned by BP’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. During today’s hearing, the London-based oil giant and a team of private plaintiffs’ attorneys will urge U.S. District [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/08/judge-holding-fairness-hearing-on-oil-spill-class-action-claims/feed/ 0 Federal judge to weigh Delta schools’ desegregation plan http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/01/federal-judge-to-weigh-delta-schools-desegregation-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=federal-judge-to-weigh-delta-schools-desegregation-plan http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/01/federal-judge-to-weigh-delta-schools-desegregation-plan/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:17:47 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=64691 CLEVELAND — A federal judge will hear arguments Dec. 11 in Oxford on proposals to desegregate two schools in the Cleveland School District. In May, the school district filed a proposal with the federal court to desegregate the East Side High School and D.M. Smith Middle School. The school system wanted to introduce magnet programs [...]

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