Legal Opinion
Bryant W. Clark v. Phil Bryant
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided September 13, 2018No. 2017-CA-00750-SCTPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAMBERLIN, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. During Fiscal Year 2017, Governor Phil Bryant directed State Fiscal Officer Laura Jackson to reduce the budgets of various state agencies. In response, State Representative Bryant W. Clark and State Senator John Horhn brought a declaratory-judgment action against the Governor in Hinds County Chancery Court. They sought preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, a writ of mandamus ordering the Governor to reverse the reductions, and a declaration that Mississippi Code Section 27-104-13 (Rev. 2017) was facially unconstitutional. After an expedited…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Quinn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Alexander v. State by and Through AllainMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- Colbert v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1905
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