Legal Opinion

City of Cleveland v. Mid-South Associates, LLC

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 24, 2012No. 2010-CT-00971-SCTPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

RANDOLPH, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Before the Court today on certiorari review is an appeal by the City of Cleveland (“the City”) of a judgment of the DeSoto County Chancery Court denying the City’s motion for attorney fees. We find that, after the Court of Appeals rendered the underlying case and this Court denied certiorari review, the case was at its end. The chancery court did not thereafter have jurisdiction. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the DeSoto County Chancery Court finding that it did not have jurisdiction. As the jurisdictional issue is dispositive,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Corporate Management, Inc. v. Greene CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 2009
  2. George v. CaldwellMississippi Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Mississippi State Department of Health v. Mid-South Associates, LLCCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2009
  4. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. FitzgeraldMississippi Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Caldwell v. GeorgeMississippi Supreme Court · 1910

3Cited by4 opinions

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  4. Mitchell Scruggs, Eddie Scruggs, Scruggs Farms & Supplies, LLC, and Scruggs Farm Joint Venture v. Farmland Mutual Insurance CompanyMississippi Supreme Court · 2023

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