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Phillips v. Miss. Dept. of Public Safety

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 3, 2008No. 2007-CA-00227-SCTPublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

978 So.2d 656 (2008)

F. Charles PHILLIPS

v.

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, Joseph W. Seals and Thomas E. Little.

No. 2007-CA-00227-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 3, 2008.

Scott Phillips, attorney for appellant.

William E. Whitfield, III, Kaara L. Lind, Gulfport, attorneys for appellees.

Before WALLER, P.J., CARLSON and LAMAR, JJ.

LAMAR, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Plaintiff F. Charles Phillips seeks to recover damages for injuries sustained when law enforcement officers used physical force during the course of an investigatory stop after mistaking…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. City of Jackson v. PerryMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  4. City of Jackson v. BristerMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Foster v. NoelMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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3Cited by32 opinions

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  4. Scott v. City of GoodmanCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2008
  5. City of Jackson v. ShaversMississippi Supreme Court · 2012

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