Legal Opinion
PUBLIC EMP. RETIREMENT SYSTEM v. Porter
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 24, 2000No. 1999-SA-01058-SCTPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
763 So.2d 845 (2000)
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
v.
Lola PORTER.
No. 1999-SA-01058-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
February 24, 2000.
Mary Margaret Bowers, Jackson, Attorney for Appellant.
Frank J. Campbell, Vicksburg, Attorney for Appellee.
BEFORE PRATHER, C.J., SMITH AND WALLER, JJ.
PRATHER, Chief Justice, for the Court:
INTRODUCTION
¶ 1. The Court is called upon to determine the constitutionality of a statute which mandates that the pre-retirement death benefits of a Mississippi Public Employees' Retirement System (hereinafter PERS) member shall go to the member's surviving spouse,…
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- Mississippi Emp. SEC. Com'n v. PDN, INC.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1991
- Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of MeridianMississippi Supreme Court · 1961
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