Legal Opinion

Nester v. Jernigan

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 4, 2005No. 2004-IA-00704-SCTPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

908 So.2d 145 (2005)

Kathryn N. NESTER

v.

Jay JERNIGAN.

No. 2004-IA-00704-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 4, 2005.

Felecia Perkins, attorney for appellant.

Appellee, pro se.

Before WALLER, P.J., DICKINSON and RANDOLPH, JJ.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. In this interlocutory appeal in a slander action, a defendant who is an attorney asks us to reverse an order of the Circuit Court of Forrest County requiring her to provide certain information in discovery which she claims (i) is work product, (ii) is protected by the attorney-client privilege, and (iii) if disclosed, would place her…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Upjohn Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Robert L. Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency v. American Commerce National Bank, Anaheim, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
  3. Mollie Ann Dunn v. State Farm Fire & Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
  4. United States v. NealCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  5. Barnes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by3 opinions

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  3. Fresenius Med. Care Holdings, Inc. v. HoodMississippi Supreme Court · 2018

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