Legal Opinion

Jones v. Knight

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 11, 1979No. 51154PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

373 So.2d 254 (1979)

Ernest JONES

v.

Kevin KNIGHT et al.

No. 51154.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 11, 1979.

Rehearing Denied August 1, 1979.

Corr, Carlson & Fleming, George C. Carlson, Jr., Sardis, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Donald Clark, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellees.

En Banc:

BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Sovereign immunity is the chief issue of this case appealed from the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Yalobusha County, which court sustained the defendants' demurrer. Defendants (appellees) are Kevin Knight, individually and in his official…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Molitor v. Kaneland Community Unit District No. 302Illinois Supreme Court · 1959
  2. Muskopf v. Corning Hospital DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
  3. Mayle v. Pennsylvania Department of HighwaysSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Hargrove v. Town of Cocoa BeachSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
  5. Jones v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1977

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3Cited by12 opinions

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  3. Janet Karpovs, Individually and as Personal Representative of Juris A. Karpovs, Deceased v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  4. Jagnandan v. Mississippi State UniversityMississippi Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Stokes v. Kemper County Bd. of Sup'rsMississippi Supreme Court · 1997

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