Ralph Arnold Smith, Jr v. James M. Hood, III

ISHEE, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Ralph Smith sued the Attorney General of Mississippi, Jim Hood, in the Hinds County Circuit Court. Smith filed various causes of action, each of which was premised on Smith's purely legal argument that the Office of the Attorney General is in the judicial branch of the state government. The circuit court disagreed with Smith and found that, as a matter of law, the Office of Attorney General is in the executive branch, and so, the circuit court granted summary judgment in favor of Hood. Smith now appeals.

¶ 2. This case requires this Court to address whether…