Legal Opinion · Dissent

DeSoto County, Mississippi v. Tracy Dennis

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 16, 2015No. 2013-IA-01982-SCTPublished

1DissentChandler, Justice

¶ 15. I respectfully dissent. I would hold that the clerk’s failure to forward the warrant cancellation notice did not “arise out of a legislative or judicial action or inaction, or administrative action or inaction of a legislative or judicial nature.” Miss.Code Ann. § 11 — 46—9(l)(a) (Rev. 2012). .Therefore it should not be afforded immunity under the Mississippi Tort Claims Act.

¶ 16. The clerk’s deposition testimony reflects the following questions and answers:

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Q. And at that time the casé was remanded to the file?

A. Correct.

Q. And this was an oversight on your part that there…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Antoine v. Byers & Anderson, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. Collins v. Tallahatchie CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
  5. Calhoun v. City of ProvidenceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1978

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