Legal Opinion

Pratt v. Sessums

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 22, 2008No. 2006-CA-00891-SCTPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DICKINSON, Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. This case involves an award of costs and attorneys’ fees pursuant to the Mississippi Litigation Accountability Act. Because the record contains insufficient evidence to analyze Pratt’s arguments, the award is affirmed.

FACTS

¶ 2. In 2003, Sylvia Sessums brought suit against Tony Pratt seeking to overturn the results of the election for Washington County District Three Constable. Following discovery (which included Pratt’s denial of certain requests for admission propounded by Sessums), the trial court granted Sessums’s motion for summary judgment. The trial…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Shelton v. KindredMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Bruce v. BruceMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Miller v. RB Wall Oil Co., Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2007
  4. Cruse v. NunleyMississippi Supreme Court · 1997

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Eric James Foster v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2014
  2. Hampton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2014
  3. Stone v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2012
  4. State of Mississippi v. Kenneth F. MurphyMississippi Supreme Court · 2016
  5. Hampton v. BlackmonMississippi Supreme Court · 2014

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