by MBJ Staff Published: May 13,2012
Tags: Butler Snow, Larry Franck, Mississippi Supreme Court, University of Mississippi
Larry Franck, a retired partner of Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC, is a recent inductee into the University of Mississippi Law Alumni Hall of Fame. Franck is a member of the third Hall of Fame class, sponsored by the Law Alumni Chapter of the University of Mississippi Alumni Association. Franck served on the [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: April 29,2012
Tags: Entegra, Mississippi Power Company, Mississippi Supreme Court, sierra club
The Mississippi chapter of the Sierra Club is already planning its next challenge to Mississippi Power Co.’s Kemper County coal plant. Public service commissioners voted 2-1 last week to reissue the plant’s certificate of public convenience and necessity. Northern District Commissioner Brandon Presley was the dissenting vote. Last week’s action became necessary March 15, when [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: April 22,2012
Tags: ad valorem tax revenue, Jackson County, Mississippi Supreme Court, Pascagoula
The fight over ad valorem tax revenue in Jackson County isn’t quite over. Jackson County supervisors last week directed their attorney to file a motion for rehearing after the Mississippi Supreme Court voted April 12 to strike down a law that dispersed portions of ad valorem tax revenue collected within Pascagoula’s city limits to every [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 4,2012
Tags: Dunbar Monroe P.A., George C. Carlson Jr., judicial, law, Lindsey Tew Simmons, Mississippi College School of Law, Mississippi State University, Mississippi Supreme Court
Lindsey Tew Simmons of Brandon has joined the staff of the Mississippi Supreme Court. She works as a law clerk for Presiding Justice George C. Carlson Jr. Simmons earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science and an MBA from Mississippi State University. She earned a law degree from Mississippi College School of Law. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 6,2012
Tags: Diamondhead, Gulf Coast, gulf of mexico, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Supreme Court
DIAMONDHEAD — Diamondhead officially becomes a city today when state officials present a charter to the prospective government. The Sun Herald reports the move comes after five years of legal wrangling over incorporation — a hotly contested case that opponents took all the way to the Mississippi Supreme Court, which upheld the incorporation in a [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: December 25,2011
Tags: clean coal, clean coal plant under construction, Kemper, Kemper County, Mississippi Power, Mississippi Supreme Court, The Sierra Club
Oral arguments were heard Dec. 14 before the Mississippi Supreme Court in the case regarding Mississippi Power’s $2.4 billion clean coal plant under construction in Kemper County. The Sierra Club is appealing a decision made by Harrison County Chancery Court to uphold the state Public Service Commission’s decision to allow Mississippi Power to build the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 18,2011
Tags: Adams & Reese, David Chandler, Millsaps College, Mississippi Supreme Court, Robert Parrott, Scribes, U.S. District Court Northern District, University of Mississippi School of Law
Robert Parrott has joined Adams and Reese as a litigation associate in the firm’s Jackson office. He is a former summer associate with Adams and Reese in 2010. In 2009, Parrott interned with the Mississippi Supreme Court under Justice David Chandler, conducting legal research, and he drafted a memorandum that was later turned into a [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 15,2011
Tags: Amazon, amazon.com, american idol, Anthony Topazi, aol, aol mail, aol.com, aquarius, Associated Press, auto trader, banking and finance, Ben Stone, Best Buy, bikini, bing, Bloomberg, Boyce Adams, Brandon Presley, break ground, Brent Bailey, Businessweek, Cars, charlie sheen, Clarion Ledger, CNN, comcast.net, construction, Costco, courts, craigs list, craigslist, dailymotion, dictionary, diet, disaster, disaster recovery, dogpile, drudge report, EBay, ebay motors, ebay.com, economic development, economy, Ed Day, egotistic, employment, energy, environment, espn, expedia, Facebook, facebook login, facebook.com, federal agency, federal government, firefox, fox news, gaming, gmail, gmail.com, Google, Google Earth, google maps, google search, google.com, higher education, home depot, hospitality, hot, hotels, hotmail, hotmail sign in, hotmail.com, hulu, imdb, infospacegames.com, investing, jobs, justin bieber, Kemper County Coal plant, Kemper County IGCC Project, Keywords, kohl’s, Lady Gaga, lawsuit, Leonard Bentz, lowes, Lynn Posey, manufacturing, map quest, mapquest, maps, medication, mergers and acquisitions, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Power Company, Mississippi Supreme Court, msn, msnbc, municipal government, netflix, NEWS, offshore drilling, oil spill, Olympic, paypal, PSC, Public Service Commission, RAND, real estate, recession, Reuters, search engines, sears, Sondra McLemore, Southwest Airlines, square feet, state agency, state government, target, tourism, transportation, U.S. Supreme Court, unemployment, USPS, utilities, Verizon Wireless, Walmart, Weather, weather channel, weather.com, weight loss, white pages, Wikipedia, www.facebook.com, www.google.com, www.yahoo.com, yahoo, yahoo mail, yahoo.com, you tube, YouTube, youtube videos, youtube.com
In May of 2010 we wrote, “For better or worse, the economic future for the next 40 years in southeastern Mississippi will be greatly impacted by the decision of Public Service Commissioner Leonard Bentz. “ Justices with the Mississippi Supreme Court may be asking now how he came to his decision when he changed his [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 5,2011
Tags: Atticus Finch, Bill Minor, Bill Waller, Byron De La Beckwith, Carroll Waller, David Sansing, Democrat, Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, Gov. William Waller Sr, Hinds County, JACKSON, Jim Walters, Lafayette County, Lewis Younger, Medgar Evers, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Governor's Mansion, Mississippi Supreme Court, National Historic Landmark, National Park Service, R.O. Williams, To Kill a Mockingbird, University of Mississippi, William Waller Jr
JACKSON — Former Mississippi Gov. William Waller Sr. was remembered Saturday as a transformative figure who helped the state move beyond its segregationist politics during his tenure from 1972 to 1976. More than 1,000 people attended Waller’s funeral at First Baptist Church in downtown Jackson. Hundreds more streamed through the Capitol rotunda earlier in the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 17,2011
Tags: Amazon, amazon.com, american idol, Anthony Topazi, aol, aol mail, aol.com, aquarius, Associated Press, auto trader, banking and finance, Ben Stone, Best Buy, bikini, bing, Bloomberg, Boyce Adams, Brandon Presley, break ground, Brent Bailey, Businessweek, Cars, charlie sheen, Clarion Ledger, CNN, comcast.net, construction, Costco, courts, craigs list, craigslist, dailymotion, dictionary, diet, disaster, disaster recovery, dogpile, drudge report, EBay, ebay motors, ebay.com, economic development, economy, Ed Day, egotistic, employment, energy, environment, espn, expedia, Facebook, facebook login, facebook.com, federal agency, federal government, firefox, fox news, gaming, gmail, gmail.com, Google, Google Earth, google maps, google search, google.com, higher education, home depot, hospitality, hot, hotels, hotmail, hotmail sign in, hotmail.com, hulu, imdb, infospacegames.com, investing, jobs, justin bieber, Kemper County Coal plant, Kemper County IGCC Project, Keywords, kohl’s, Lady Gaga, lawsuit, Leonard Bentz, lowes, Lynn Posey, manufacturing, map quest, mapquest, maps, medication, mergers and acquisitions, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Power Company, Mississippi Supreme Court, msn, msnbc, municipal government, netflix, NEWS, offshore drilling, oil spill, Olympic, paypal, PSC, Public Service Commission, RAND, real estate, recession, Reuters, search engines, sears, Sondra McLemore, Southwest Airlines, square feet, state agency, state government, target, tourism, transportation, U.S. Supreme Court, unemployment, USPS, utilities, Verizon Wireless, Walmart, Weather, weather channel, weather.com, weight loss, white pages, Wikipedia, www.facebook.com, www.google.com, www.yahoo.com, yahoo, yahoo mail, yahoo.com, you tube, YouTube, youtube videos, youtube.com
It was only a matter of time before Mississippi Power Company started raising the rates on its customers to pay for the $2.88 billion Kemper County coal plant. So, last week MPC filed documents with state regulators — the Public Service Commission — for a requested rate increase of 11.35 percent. The Commission has the [...] [...]
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