Legal Opinion
Pickering v. Hood
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided August 2, 2012No. 2010-CA-00881-SCTPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION TO AMEND MANDATE TO REFLECT OPINION OF THE COURT
DICKINSON, Presiding Justice,
for the Court:
¶ 1. The Auditor’s unopposed Motion to Amend Mandate to Reflect Opinion of the Court is granted. The prior opinions are withdrawn and these opinions are substituted therefor.
¶ 2. A corporation settled a lawsuit by agreeing to pay the State of Mississippi $50 million, $10 million of which it disbursed directly to outside counsel retained by Attorney General Jim Hood to pursue the litigation. The chancery court held that the payment was proper. But because the law requires that outside counsel…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Heckler v. Community Health Services of Crawford County, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Sentinel Industrial Contracting Corp. v. Kimmins Industrial Service Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1999
- Franklin v. Franklin Ex Rel. PhillipsMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
- Pace v. State Ex Rel. RiceMississippi Supreme Court · 1941
- Eastline Corp. v. Marion Apartments, Ltd.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1988
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