Legal Opinion

Williams v. Stevens

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 10, 1980No. 51684PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

390 So.2d 1012 (1980)

Peyton W. WILLIAMS, Jr., et al.,

v.

Boswell STEVENS et al.

No. 51684.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 10, 1980.

John E. Hughes, III, Wells, Wells, Marble & Hurst, Jackson, for appellant.

M.M. Roberts, Hattiesburg, A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Ed Davis Noble, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En banc.

BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

La Bauve Trustee voting rights relative to membership on the Board of Trustees (the Board) of State Institutions of Higher Learning under Section 213-A of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 highlight this case. Complainants…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Aetna Life Insurance v. HaworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  3. Orr v. OrrSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Hancock County v. State Highway CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1940

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Kirk v. PopeMississippi Supreme Court · 2007
  2. City of Madison v. BryanMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning v. Van SlykeMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Marshall v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Grant v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996

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