Mississippi Court of Appeals Decisions of June 13, 2023

I was out of town for a wedding anniversary trip on Tuesday, and then I have been playing catch-up at the office to recover from said trip, so my summaries are delayed this week. First up is Tuesday’s offering from Mississippi Court of Appeals. The COA handed down five opinions this week: a termination of parental rights case, an emancipation case, two direct criminal appeals, and an attempted appeal of a MDOC decision.


Rogers v. Kresse, 2021-CA-00914-COA (Civil – Custody)
Affirming termination of parental rights, holding that the chancery court did not err in finding that the natural mother had abandoned her children and that the father had not abused his discretion with regard to visitation by disallowing it, and that reunification was not in the children’s best interest.
(7-2-0: McDonald concurred in part in and the result without separate written opinion; Westbrooks concurred in result only without separate written opinion.)


Talley v. Talley, 2022-CA-00005-COA (Civil – Domestic Relations)
Affirming the chancellor’s judgment in an emancipation proceeding initiated by a father with a counter-petition for contempt for failure to pay filed by the mother, holding that the chancellor did not err by finding that the children were emancipated while not modifying the life insurance provision of the divorce agreement, finding the father in contempt for failing to pay his portion of certain expenses, and awarding the mother attorney’s fees.
(9-0: Barnes did not participate.)


Allen v. State, 2022-KA-00331-COA (Criminal – Felony)
Affirming conviction of selling fentanyl and trafficking and possession of controlled substances while possessing a firearm, holding that the circuit court did not err in admitting text messages into evidence on authentication, relevance, or hearsay grounds.
(7-3-0: Wilson concurred in part and in the result without separate written opinion; Westbrooks and McDonald concurred in result only without separate written opinion.)


Wallace v. State, 2022-KA-00332-COA (Criminal – Felony)
Affirming conviction of first-degree murder, holding that the trial court did not err in denying the defendant’s request for a heat-of-passion manslaughter instruction or by allowing testimony related to injuries the victim suffered a week before her death.
(9-0: Smith did not participate.)

NOTE– I love it when opinions cut to the chase. Introductions like this would just about put me out of business around here:


Knight v. State, 2021-CP-01192-COA (Civil – State Boards & Agencies)
Dismissing an appeal for lack of jurisdiction, holding that the appeal of a purported PCR motion was untimely and because it was actually a petition seeking judicial review of an MDOC decision it was a civil appeal for which the Court could not suspend the rules to allow an untimely appeal.
(10-0)


Other Orders

McKenzie v. State, 2012-KA-00471-COA (dismissing untimely motion for rehearing)

Thomas v. State, 2021-CP-00060-COA (denying rehearing)

Pace v. State, 2022-KA-00046-COA (denying rehearing)

Jones v. State, 2023-TS-00325-COA (dismissing appeal as untimely)

Bates v. State, 2023-TS-00356-COA (allowing appeal to proceed as timely based on well-taken pro se show-cause response)


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Mississippi Court of Appeals Decisions of June 6, 2023

The Mississippi Court of Appeals handed down six opinions today. One is an appeal from a DOR assessment, one is a case seeking to set aside warranty deeds over alleged undue influence, one is a direct criminal appeal, and the other three are PCR. No appellant prevailed today.


Toolpushers Supply Co. v. Mississippi Department of Revenue, 2021-SA-01186-COA (Civil – State Boards & Agencies)
Affirming summary judgment that affirmed the DOR’s assessment for unpaid retail sales tax, penalties, and interest, holding that there was no genuine issue of material fact about the sales at issue being “retail sales” as opposed to “wholesale sales.”
(10-0)


Holcombe v. Estate of King, 2021-CA-01234-COA (Civil – Wills, Trusts & Estates)
Affirming the chancellor ‘s ruling in a case seeking to set aside warranty deeds because of alleged undue influence, holding that that the factors of a confidential relationship were not established by clear and convincing proof.
(10-0)


Hill v. State, 2022-KA-00524-COA (Criminal – Felony)
Affirming conviction of capital murder, holding that the trial court properly refused the defendant’s lesser-included-offense instruction of heat-of-passion manslaughter, that the indictment was not defective or constructively amended, and that the right to a speedy trial was not violated.
(9-0: Smith did not participate.)


Hamilton v. State, 2022-CP-00217-COA (Civil – PCR) (consolidated with Hamilton v. State, 2022-CP-00218-COA)
Affirming denial of the petitioner’s third and fourth motions for PCR, holding that the trial court did not err in finding that the motions were time-barred, successive, barred by res judicata, and without merit.
(10-0)


Winston v. State, 2022-CA-00747-COA (Civil – PCR)
Affirming denial of a PCR motion, holding that the petitioner lacked standing to file a PCR motion and that the petition was time-barred.
(10-0)


Varnado v. State, 2021-CP-01073-COA (Civil – PCR)
Affirming denial of a pro se PCR motion, holding that the petitioner failed to present sufficient evidence that his guilty plea was involuntary, that he was misinformed concerning eligibility for release, that his trial counsel was ineffective, or that there was prosecutorial misconduct.
(6-1-3: Carlton dissented, joined by Westbrooks and McCarty; Emfinger concurred in part and in the result without separate written opinion)


Other Orders

West Jasper Consolidated School District v. Rogers, 2021-CA-00171-COA (denying rehearing)

Hathorne v. State, 2021-CA-00306-COA (denying rehearing)

Kirk v. State, 2021-KA-00733-COA (denying rehearing)/


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Mississippi Supreme Court Decisions of May 25, 2023

It was a slow day at the Mississippi Supreme Court for the hand-down department. The Court handed down just one opinion in a DOR case about unpaid sales tax and denied cert in two other cases.


Saltwater Sportsman Outfitters, LLC v. Mississippi Dept. of Revenue, 2021-SA-00881-SCT (Civil – State Boards & Agencies)
Affirming summary judgment in favor of MDOR in a dispute over unpaid sales taxes, holding that the company’s failure to keep records rendered MDOR’s assessment presumptively correct and that the company could not overcome that presumption.
(9-0)


Blount v. State, 2021-CT-00204-SCT (denying cert)

Moss v. Moss, 2021-CT-00452-SCT (denying cert)


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Mississippi Court of Appeals Decisions of May 9, 2023

The Mississippi Court of Appeals handed down nine ten opinions today. There are two direct criminal appeals, a divorce case, a bad faith insurance case, an appeal of the suspension of police officers, a construction bid appeal, and two PCR cases.


Durr v. State, 2021-KA-01109-COA (Criminal – Felony)
Affirming conviction of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, capital murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, holding that ineffective assistance claim based on Defendant’s representation by the same public defender’s office that represented codefendents who testified against Defendant should be dismissed without prejudice and that if there was error in admitting a codefendant’s affidavit as substantive it was harmless.
(8-2: Westbrooks dissented, joined by McDonald; McDonald also dissented without separate written opinion.)


Hughes v. State, 2021-CP-01241-COA (Civil – PCR)
Affirming denial of PCR motion to vacate PRS revocation and imposition of suspended sentence, holding that the circuit court did not err in ruling based on absconscion.
(10-0)


Sanders v. State, 2022-KA-00351-COA (Criminal – Felony)
Affirming conviction of failing to update sex offender registration, holding based upon review of a Lindsey Brief, review of a pro se brief, and the record that there were no arguable issues that would warrant reversal.
(10-0)


Adams v. City of Jackson, 2021-CC-00454-COA (Civil – State Boards and Agencies)
Reversing the circuit court’s decision affirming the suspension of two officers for engaging in a pursuit while Jackson had a no-pursuit policy, holding that the clear and substantial evidence showed that there was no “pursuit” where an officer initiated a traffic stop and followed the suspect for just over a mile at between 10-20mph.
(8-1: McDonald dissented without separate written opinion; Westbrooks did not participate.)


Davis v. Davis, 2021-CA-01246-COA (Civil – Domestic Relations)
Affirming in part and reversing in part a chancellor’s judgment of divorce, holding there was no error in granting divorce on the grounds of adultery but holding that the chancellor did not properly classify and value certain assets and debts and remanded for proper classification and valuations.
(8-2-0: Wilson and McCarty concurred in part and in the result without separate written opinion.)

PRACTICE POINT – Make the trial court’s job easy! It is good advocacy and it is the humane thing to do.


Watkins v. State, 2021-CP-01301-COA (Civil – PCR)
Affirming denial of PCR motion, holding that all issues were procedurally barred and without merit.
(9-1-0: Emfinger concurred in part and in the result without separate written opinion.)


Groves v. State, 2021-KA-00755-COA (Criminal – Felony)
Affirming conviction of kidnapping and armed robbery, holding that the circuit court did not err in allowing the use of the word “victim” to describe the victim, that the claim of prosecutorial misconduct during closing arguments was procedurally barred and without merit, and that the verdict was supported by substantial evidence and was not against the overwhelming weight of it.
(10-0)/


Gregory Construction Services, Inc. v. Miss. Dept. of Finance and Admin., 2021-SA-00765-COA (Civil – State Boards & Agencies)
Affirming determination that a contractor’s denied construction bid was non-responsive for failing to include a one-page federal form, holding that there were no due process considerations since the plaintiff had no vested property interest in the denied bid and the agencies’ decisions were supported by substantial evidence and reasoning.
(9-0: McCarty did not participate.)


Holloway v. Nat’l Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 2021-CA-01066-COA (Civil – Insurance)
Affirming summary judgment in a bad faith case alleging that a reservation of rights was in bad faith and caused emotional distress even though the carrier ultimately funded a settlement to secure a release of all claims against the insured, holding that the carrier had a legitimate basis for defending under a reservation of rights.
(9-1-0: Westbrooks concurred in result only without separate written opinion.)


Other Orders

Liberty Nat’l Life Ins. Co. v. Hancock, 2021-CA-00605-COA (denying rehearing)

Moreland v. Spears, 2021-CA-00714-COA (denying rehearing)

Lamy v. Lamy, 2021-CA-00770-COA (denying rehearing)

Colburn v. State, 2021-KA-00865-COA (denying rehearing)

Brooks v. Jeffreys, 2021-CA-01113-COA (denying rehearing)

Nunn v. State, 2021-KA-01371-COA (recalling mandate to allow pro se motion for rehearing to proceed on the merits)

MS Concrete and Benchmark Ins. Co. v. Harris, 2022-WC-01095-COA (denying motion for rehearing of dismissal of appeal)

Hunter v. State, 2022-TS-01269-COA (granting motion for reconsideration and denying motion for appointment of counsel)


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Mississippi Supreme Court Decisions of April 27, 2023

The Mississippi Supreme Court handed down two opinions today. Both decisions are 6-3 reversals. One is an appeal of a summary judgment ruling in a slip-and-fall case and the other is an appeal of a zoning decision.


Thomas v. Boyd Biloxi, LLC, 2021-CT-00265-SCT (Civil – Personal Injury)
Reversing the COA’s decision affirming summary judgment in favor of a resort in a slip-and-fall on a pool deck case, holding that two prior falls and evidence that water pooled in the area where the plaintiff fell was sufficient evidence of breach and that there was evidence that a breach of duty proximately caused the fall.
(6-3: Griffis dissented, joined by Coleman and Ishee.)


City of Ocean Springs v. Illanne, 2021-CA-01100-SCT (Civil – State Boards and Agencies)
Reversing the circuit court’s reversal of a City’s zoning decisions, holding that remand was necessary for a hearing to determine whether a zoning applicant was a “petitioner” under Section 11-51-75 such that the failure to name him and give him notice deprived the circuit court of jurisdiction.
(6-3: Coleman dissented, joined by Randolph and Griffis)


Other Order

La Casa I, LLC v. Gottfried, 2021-CT-00347-SCT (denying cert)


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Mississippi Court of Appeals Decisions of April 4, 2023

I am playing catch-up because my paying work had me preoccupied last week. The Mississippi Court of Appeals handed down seven opinions last Tuesday. There were a couple of direct criminal appeals, an alimony case, an appeal of a $2.8M auto liability verdict, a couple of PCR cases, and an appeal of an MDOC issue.


Gillenwater v. Redmond, 2021-CA-01378-COA (Civil – Domestic Relations)
Affirming modification of alimony, holding that chancellor did not abuse her discretion by reducing (but not terminating) the alimony obligation based on the ex-wife’s cohabitation and mutual support.
(8-1-0: Westbrooks concurred in the result only without separate written opinion; Judge Lawrence did not participate.)


Tubwell v. State, 2022-KM-00342-COA (Criminal- Misdemeanor)
Affirming conviction of violating the child-restraint laws, holding that there was sufficient evidence to support the conviction where there were two adults and three children in a single-cab pickup and one child was sitting in the driver’s lap.
(8-2-0: McDonald concurred in part and in the result without separate written opinion; Westbrooks concurred in the result only without separate written opinion.)


Winters v. State, 2022-CP-00435-COA (Civil – PCR)
Affirming dismissal of PCR motion, holding that the circuit court did not err in finding that the motion was time-barred, successive, and without merit.
(10-0)


Williamson v. State, 2021-KA-00830-COA (Criminal – Felony)
Affirming conviction of burglary of a dwelling, burglary of a shed, and trafficking stolen firearms, holding that the evidence was sufficient and that the verdict was not against the weight of it and that there was no error admitting evidence of other crimes, in denying a motion to suppress evidence obtained in a search of the defendant’s home, in denying a motion for continuance, or in not halting trial during a power outage.
(10-0)


Everett v. State, 2021-CP-01385-COA (Civil – PCR)
Affirming the denial of a PCR motion, holding that the illegal sentence claim was time-barred and without merit and that the claim regarding earned-discharged credits was properly dismissed because that claim should have been filed in the venue where the plaintiff is housed.
(8-1-0: No separate opinions – Westbrooks concurred in result only and Smith did not participate)


Robinson v. MDOC, 2022-CP-00018-COA (Civil – State Boards & Agencies)
Affirming denial of petition for judicial review after the petitioner was denied a request to participate in the Meritorious Earned TIME Incentive Program, holding that the circuit court did not err in finding that the court lacked personal jurisdiction because MDOC had not been given notice of the appeal and that the petitioner failed to exhaust his administrative remedies.
(8-2-0: No separate opinions – McCarty concurred in part and in the result and McDonald concurred in result only.)


Kirk v. Newton, 2021-CA-00684-COA (Civil – Tort)
Affirming a nearly $2.8 million verdict in an auto liability case, holding that the question of who caused the accident was a fact issue for the jury, that there was no evidence of bias, passion, or prejudice to show that the award should be reduced or set aside, and that there was no error in using national average for wage calculation that was lower than the plaintiff’s actual wages where the jury heard both sides from experts and weighed their credibility.
(8-1-1: Wilson concurred in part and in the result without separate written opinion; Greenlee dissented.)

NOTE – I do not think this case represents the departure from Rebelwood that I thought it would when I was first reading it. My take is that the fact that the national average figure used by the plaintiff was less than the actual wage-earning history was critical to this decision.


Other Orders

$41,080 v. State, 2021-CA-00692-COA (denying rehearing)

Durant Healthcare, LLC v. Garrette, 2021-CA-00823-COA (denying rehearing)

Owens v. State, 2021-KA-000887-COA (denying rehearing)

The Banking Group, Inc. v. Southern Bancorp Bank, 2021-CA-01077-COA (denying rehearing)


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Mississippi Court of Appeals Decisions of March 21, 2023

The Mississippi Court of Appeals handed down four opinions on Tuesday. It was an eclectic mix, including a workers’ comp case, a dysfunctional two-member LLC , a wrongful death case against a sheriff’s deputy, and an inmate’s request for removal of a rule violation report.


Holloway v. King, 2021-CP-01351-COA (Civil – State Boards and Agencies)
Affirming the circuit court’s decision that affirmed the denial of an inmate’s request for the removal of a rule violation report, holding that the circuit court did not have jurisdiction because the petitioner did not comply with the notice requirements of UCRCCC 5.04.
(6-4: McCarty dissented, joined by Westbrooks, McDonald, and Lawrence.)


Myrick v. UMMC, 2021-WC-01401-COA (Civil – Workers’ Comp)
Affirming MWCC order, holding that there was substantial, credible evidence to support the Commission’s finding that the Employer/Carrier overcame the presumption of permanent total disability and that the claimant’s post-injury back surgery was not related to her compensable back injury.
(7-3-0: Westbrooks, McDonald, and McCarty concurred in part and in the result without separate written opinion.)


Colson v. Warren, 2021-CA-01408-COA (Civil – Other)
Affirming on direct and cross appeal the chancery court’s decisions denying a claim to dissolve a two-member LLC, holding that the two members should cooperate in drafting and implementing an operating agreement and opening a bank account to deposit rental revenue checks payable to the LLC that had been piling up.
(9-1-0: Wilson concurred in part and in the result without separate written opinion.)


Renfroe v. Parker, 2021-CA-01048-COA (Civil – Wrongful Death)
Affirming summary judgment in favor of the law-enforcement defendants in a wrongful death suit after a suspect was killed by a deputy, holding:
1. Res judicata did not bar the plaintiff’s state law tort claims after the federal district court dismissed her 1983 claims with prejudice and her state law claims without prejudice.
2. The deputy and the sheriff were entitled to immunity on the official-capacity claims
3. Collateral estoppel barred the claims for IIED, assault, and battery because the federal district court found that the deputy’s use of force was “objectively reasonable.”
4. Even if collateral did not bar the IIED, assault, and battery claims, the plaintiff did not come forward with evidence to defeat summary judgment.
(7-2: McDonald concurred in part and dissented in part, joined by Westbrooks. Judge Emfinger did not participate.)

NOTE – According to testimony, the deputy shot the suspect after the suspect charged at the deputy, withstood a taser (pulling the electrodes out of his chest), had a physical altercation with the deputy, and then charged at the deputy a second time. The fact that the suspect did this while wearing pajama pants did not sway the courts at any level.


Other Orders

Green v. State, 2021-KA-01019-COA (rehearing denied)


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Mississippi Supreme Court Decisions of March 16, 2023

The Mississippi Supreme Court handed down six opinions today. Like the Court of Appeals on Tuesday, the Supreme Court’s decisions were all unanimous but appellants batted .500 at the Supreme Court. Today’s decisions include a med mal expert case, a board of aldermen case, a municipal boundaries case, an “intimately connected doctrine” premises case, an alienation of affection case, and a mortmain laws case.


UMMC v. Kelly, 2022-IA-00034-SCT (Civil – Medical Malpractice)
Reversing denial of summary judgment to UMMC, holding that the trial court abused its discretion in finding the plaintiff’s expert physician was qualified in the areas of treating impact injuries and infections where the parties agreed the doctor was a licensed ER doctor but the plaintiff did not produce a CV.
(9-0)


City of Canton, Mississippi Board of Aldermen v. Slaughter, 2021-CA-01210-SCT (Civil – State Boards and Agencies)
Affirming the circuit court’s reversal of Board of Aldermen’s decision to remove two members of the Canton Municipal Utilities Commission, holding that the commissioners were deprived of procedural due process when the mayor vetoed the issuance of notice and opportunity to be heard and that veto was not overridden by the BOA.
(9-0)


City of Jackson v. City of Pearl, 2021-AN-01422-SCT (Civil – Municipal Boundaries & Annexation)
Affirming the circuit court’s voidance of the City of Jackson’s ordinance that would incorporate land around JAN, holding that Jackson failed to obtain consent of the Rankin County Board of Supervisors before passing the ordinance.
(9-0)


White v. Targa Downstream, LLC, 2022-CA-00020-SCT (Civil – Personal Injury)
Reversing summary judgment for a premises owner, holding that the intimately connected doctrine does not give immunity to a premises owner when there is a fact issue regarding whether the premises owner created a dangerous condition and whether the independent contractor had actual or constructive notice of the condition.
(9-0)

NOTE – Here is the Court’s Conclusion:


Davis v. Davis, 2020-CA-01304-SCT (Civil – Torts-Other)
Reversing jury award in an alienation of affection case, holding that the claim was barred by the statute of limitations and the plaintiff failed to request proper jury instructions on damages.
(7-2-0: Chamberlin specially concurred joined by Griffis)

NOTE – Chamberlin’s special concurrence called for the abolition of the tort of alienation of affection.


Mississippi Baptist Foundation v. Fitch, 2022-CA-00065-SCT (Civil – Wills, Trusts & Estates)
Affirming the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to heirs, holding that MBF had a possessory interest over a mineral interest as trustee, that the trustor’s death triggered the 10-year portion of the mortmain laws, and MBF failed to protect its alleged rights during that period and could not assert the forty years later.
(9-0)


Other Orders

Gardner v. Jackson, 2020-CT-01313-SCT (cert denied)

McGillberry v. Ross, 2021-CT-01076-SCT (cert denied)


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Mississippi Supreme Court Decisions of March 9, 2023

The Mississippi Supreme Court handed down three opinions today and not one is pedestrian. The first involves whether the loser in an insurance coverage dec action can come back after the mandate in the dec action and after being vindicated in the underlying liability action, to get relief under Rule 60(b) from the no-coverage judgment. In the next case, the Court weighs in on the Jackson mayor’s attempt to veto the city council’s inaction on the garbage collection contract. The third case is an appeal of an order of contempt and order denying recusal after the attorney failed to appear at trial after representing to the circuit court that he had Covid.


Scruggs v. Farmland Mut. Ins. Co., 2021-CA-00877-SCT (Civil – Insurance)
Affirming the circuit court’s denial of a Rule 60(b) motion, holding that the mandate rule deprived the circuit court of jurisdiction to entertain a Rule 60(b) motion twenty years after the Supreme Court’s opinion and mandate.
(9-0)

CONTEXT – The facts make this ruling a bit more interesting than the holding suggests. Many years go, the plaintiffs (Scruggses) lost an insurance coverage dec action in state court 20 years ago. Coverage had been denied because the Scruggses were accused of committing intentional acts by Monsanto. The Scruggses then prevailed in Monsanto’s federal lawsuit against them. I’ll let the Supremes take it from here:


Lumumba v. City Council of Jackson, 2022-CA-00855-SCT (Civil – State Boards and Agencies)
Affirming the special chancellor’s summary judgment in favor of the city council in this episode of Jackson’s garbage-collection saga, holding that the mayor did not have legal authority to veto a non-action or negative vote of the city counsel the city council’s non-ratification of the garbage collection contract presented by the mayor.
(9-0)

NOTE – The Court also held that the trial court did not err in allowing the city council to admit exhibits (public records that had been produced to the mayor) at the MSJ hearing that were not yet filed in the record of that case and that the chancellor did not err in denying the mayor’s motion for additional findings because the mayor could not both object to the court’s consideration of the city council’s exhibits while also asking the court to consider the mayor’s extrinsic evidence.


In Re: Ali M. Shamsiddeen, 2021-CA-01217-SCT (Civil – Other)
Affirming order of contempt and order denying recusal, holding that the trial court did not err in finding defense counsel in contempt for failing to appear at a pretrial conference (in person or virtually, after being given that opportunity) or at the trial because defense counsel said he had COVID but only provided a vague medical excuse and quarantine order but refused to provide medical documentation of the diagnosis.
(7-2: Kitchens dissented, joined by King)

NOTE – Here is the email the attorney sent to the court on the eve of trial.


Other Orders

In Re: Local Rules, 89-R-99015-SCT (granting motion to amend Tenth Chancery Court District’s local rules)

Shannon v. Shannon, 2020-CT-00847-SCT (dismissing previously-granted cert sua sponte)

Simmons v. Jackson County, 2020-CT-01014-SCT (denying cert)

Young v. Freese & Goss PLLC, 2020-CT-01280-SCT (denying cert)

Boyd v. State, 2021-CT-00066-SCT (denying cert)

Turner & Associates P.L.L.C. v. Estate of Watkins, 2021-CT-00258-SCT (denying cert)


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Mississippi Supreme Court Decisions of February 9, 2023

On Thursday, the Mississippi Supreme Court handed down one opinion, and I was approaching the confluence of a dispositive/Daubert motions deadline in one case and an expert designation deadline in another.


Heritage Hunter Knoll, LLC v. Lamar County, Mississippi, 2021-CA-01325-SCT (Civil – States Boards and Agencies)
Affirming in part and denying in part the dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of a property owner’s appeal of the County Board’s decisions related to a waste ordinance, holding that the appeal of an amendment to the ordinance was time-barred because it was not appealed within the 10-day time limitation in section 11-51-75, but also holding that the appeal of the Board’s denial of a variance request was timely filed and remanding for a full hearing on that issue.
(9-0)

NOTE – The Supreme Court also held that the property owner did not engage in claim splitting when it filed a separate lawsuit in federal court while appealing the Board’s actions:


Other Orders

Wallace v. State, 2020-M-00979 (denying application for leave to file motion for PCR, finding the filing frivolous, and warning against future frivolous filings)

Crossgates United Methodist Church v. Ming, 2020-IA-01358-SCT (dismissing interlocutory appeals)

White v. White, 2021-CT-00333-SCT (denying cert)

Beasley v. State, 2021-CT-00653-SCT (denying cert)

Norwood v. State, 2021-CT-00802-SCT (denying cert)

Bland v. State, 2021-KA-00973-SCT (denying rehearing)

Patterson v. MDES, 2021-CT-01150-SCT (dismissing “notice of appeal” and cert petition)

In re: Debbie Travis Robertson, 2022-M-01032 (denying petition for disqualification of judge)

In re: William C. Spencer, Jr., 2022-M-01041 (denying petition for disqualification of judge)


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