Legal Opinion
Watkins Development, LLC v. C. Delbert Hosemann, Jr.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 2, 2017No. 2014-CT-01657-SCTPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI
DICKINSON, PRESIDING JUSTICE,
FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. The Mississippi Secretary of State found that David Watkins and Watkins Development, LLC, committed four securities-fraud violations in connection with revenue bonds sold to finance a renovation project at the Metrocenter mall in Jackson. Watkins appealed and the chancery court vacated one count but affirmed the other three. The Court of Appeals then affirmed the Secretary on all four counts.
¶ 2. We granted certiorari and now reverse the Court of Appeals in part because the Secretary failed to cross-appeal the chancellor’s…
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