Legal Opinion
The Honorable Cliff Finch, Governor of the State of Mississippi v. Mississippi State Medical Association, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 1, 1979No. 78-2138PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
A state court has now upheld the validity under the Mississippi Constitution of the statutory nomination and selection procedure for membership on the Mississippi State Board of Health. We must therefore, resolve the federal constitutional issues reserved in our initial opinion, 1978, 585 F.2d 765. There we reviewed the opinion of the district court which had dismissed the entire suit challenging this statutory procedure because “the plaintiffs had failed to show the existence of a case or controversy between persons with proper standing and defendants against…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- City of New Orleans v. DukesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Commissioner v. Estate of BoschSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Lehnhausen v. Lake Shore Auto Parts Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Meredith v. Winter HavenSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Clark v. State Ex Rel. Miss. State Med. Ass'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1980
- United States v. Lulac, Gi Forum and Naacp, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees v. State of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Rayborn v. Mississippi State Board of Dental ExaminersDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1985
- Fryer v. Easy Money Title Pawn, Inc. (In Re Fryer)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia · 1995
- Silverstein v. Gwinnett Hospital AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
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