Legal Opinion

Attorney General v. Interest of BCM

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 29, 1999No. 1998-CA-00994-SCTPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

744 So.2d 299 (1999)

ATTORNEY GENERAL and Dept. of Mental Health

v.

In the INTEREST OF B.C.M., A Minor.

No. 1998-CA-00994-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 29, 1999.

Office of the Attorney General by T. Hunt Cole, Jr., Attorney for Appellants.

Herbert Wayne Wilson, Gulfport, Michael E. Bruffey, Biloxi, Attorneys for Appellee.

EN BANC.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Today, we consider a constitutional issue which we did not reach on procedural grounds in State v. Watkins, 676 So.2d 247 (Miss.1996): By conditioning the delivery and admission of a patient for court-ordered mental treatment on…

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Alexander v. State by and Through AllainMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Wells v. Panola County Bd. of Educ.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  3. In Interest of TLCMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  4. State v. JonesMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  5. State v. Mississippi Ass'n of Supervisors, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1997

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Lisa Learmonth v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
  2. Board of Trustees of State IHL v. RayMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Jefferson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
  4. The Mississippi Department of Mental Health v. Lamar County, MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2018
  5. John Wayne Jefferson v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2000

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