Legal Opinion

Owens v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 26, 1972No. 46735PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

264 So.2d 892 (1972)

Bennie OWENS, Jr.

v.

JACKSON MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al.

No. 46735.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 26, 1972.

Creekmore & Creekmore, Jackson, for appellant.

Brunini, Everett, Grantham & Quin, George P. Hewes, III, Thomas H. Rhoden, Jackson, for appellees.

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

The excellent briefs filed in this case present the question whether this Court should overrule its former decisions holding the State and its subdivisions immune from suit in tort actions except (1) in matters concerning proprietary affairs and (2) where immunity has been abrogated by…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Stokes v. Kemper County Bd. of Sup'rsMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  2. Williams v. WalleyMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
  3. Berry v. Hinds CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Reed v. EvansMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Thomas Boyd, a Minor, by and Through His Father and Next Friend, Robert Boyd v. Gulfport Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987

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