State Ex Rel. Hood v. Louisville Tire Center, Inc.

PIERCE, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Mississippi’s Price-Gouging Statute penalizes businesses that raise the price of their goods from the price charged “in the same market area ... at or immediately before” a proclamation of a state of emergency. 1 The State of Mississippi, through Attorney General Jim Hood, filed a price-gouging claim against Louisville Tire Center, Inc., d/b/a Fair Oil Co., for violations of Mississippi Code Section 75-24-25 (the “Price-Gouging Statute”). Fair Oil filed a motion for summary judgment alleging that the Price-Gouging Statute was unconstitutionally vague. The…