Hinds County Board of Supervisors v. Abnie

RANDOLPH, Justice,

for the Court.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. On October 27, 2000, the Hinds County Circuit Court issued an Order regarding the payment of filing fees, which included the following, “each individual plaintiff in a consolidated action must pay a filing fee the same as any other plaintiff in any other action. Failure to pay a filing fee in accordance with this order may result in the dismissal of the complaint of a non-paying plaintiff.”

¶ 2. In 2002, 710 plaintiffs, Lilly M. Ab-nie, et al. (collectively “Plaintiffs”) filed a consolidated action against Morton International,…