Legal Opinion

City of Mound Bayou v. Johnson

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 18, 1990No. 07-IA-59507PublishedCited by 83 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

562 So.2d 1212 (1990)

The CITY OF MOUND BAYOU, Mississippi and Alfred Thompson, Individually, and as a Police Officer of the City of Mound Bayou, Mississippi

v.

Eddie JOHNSON, Jr.

No. 07-IA-59507.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 18, 1990.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 1990.

Lindsey C. Meador, Jacobs Eddins Povall Meador & Crump, Cleveland, for appellants.

John L. Hatcher, Cleveland, for appellee.

EN BANC.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

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2Cases cited146 opinions

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  4. Sheldon v. SillSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
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3Cited by83 opinions

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