Mississippi Supreme Court

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March 04, 1999

03/04/1999 - Hand Down and published opinions in WordPerfect/ZIP format

Waller, William L., Jr.
97-CP-00130-SCT

Young, Booker v. State of Mississippi Panola Circuit Court 2nd District; LC Case#: CV960189; Ruling Date: 01/07/1997; Ruling Judge: George Carlson, Jr.; Majority Opinion: Waller, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Panola County taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Prather, C.J., Sullivan, P.J., Pittman, P.J., Banks, J., McRae, J., Smith, J., Mills, J., Concur.


Waller, William L., Jr.
97-CA-01180-SCT

YELVERTON, IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MITCHELL J., DECEASED: Dessie Dimple Bergeron, Ruby D. Robinson, Steven Lee Ten Eyck d/b/a Steve's Towing and Storage, James Ten Eyck, Oneta Meeks, Cohen Y. Smith and Maurice J. Yelverton v. Estate of Mitchell J. Yelverton, Deceased, Sara J. Yelverton, Administratrix, and Sara Yelverton, Individually Forrest Chancery Court; LC Case#: 940117; Ruling Date: 08/05/1997; Ruling Judge: Sebe Dale, Jr.; Majority Opinion: Waller, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Appellant taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Prather, C.J., Pittman, P.J., Banks, J., McRae, J., Smith, J., Mills, J., Concur. Sullivan, P.J., Not Participating.


Mills, Michael P.
X 97-KA-01448-SCT

Keyes, Cleotha v. State of Mississippi Harrison Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case#: 96714; Ruling Date: 06/25/1997; Ruling Judge: John Whitfield; Majority Opinion: Mills, J. Disposition: Conviction of sexual battery and sentence of fourteen (14) years day for day in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, affirmed. Harrison County taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Prather, C.J., Sullivan, P.J., Pittman, P.J., Banks, J., McRae, J., Smith, J., Waller, J., Concur.


Smith, James W., Jr.
96-CA-00200-SCT

Holcomb, Charles A. and wife, Mary Lee Holcomb v. Charles A. Hester and Wilma Hester Lee Chancery Court; LC Case#: 46610; Ruling Date: 01/26/1996; Ruling Judge: Timothy Ervin; Majority Opinion: Smith, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Appellant taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Prather, C.J., Sullivan, P.J., Pittman, P.J., Banks, J., McRae, J., Mills, J., Waller, J., Concur.


Smith, James W., Jr.
97-CA-00185-SCT

Ferguson, H. B. and Sandra Ferguson v. Rene Knafo d/b/a Rene's Express, Inc Harrison Circuit Court 2nd District; LC Case#: 923532; Ruling Date: 11/18/1994; Ruling Judge: Kosta Vlahos; Majority Opinion: Smith, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Appellant taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Prather, C.J., Sullivan, P.J., Pittman, P.J., Banks, J., McRae, J., Mills, J., Waller, J., Concur.


McRae, Chuck
98-CA-00268-SCT

Staten, Johnny and Trenette Boone v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Leake Circuit Court; LC Case#: 2964; Ruling Date: 01/13/1998; Ruling Judge: Marcus Gordon; Majority Opinion: McRae, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Appellant taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Prather, C.J., Sullivan, P.J., Pittman, P.J., Banks, J., Smith, J., Mills, J., Waller, J., Concur. Disposition: Appellant's Motion to Consolidate, granted. Records in 93-CA-00663 and 98-CA-00268 are consolidated for purposes of this appeal. Order entered.


EN BANC
93-CT-00927-SCT

Ross, Sammy Joe v. State of Mississippi Alcorn Circuit Court; LC Case#: 11573; Ruling Date: 05/07/1993; Ruling Judge: Barry Ford; Disposition: Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed by Sammy Joe Ross, denied. To Deny: Prather, C.J., Sullivan and Pittman, P.JJ., Banks, McRae, Smith and Waller, JJ. Not Participating: Mills, J. Order entered.


EN BANC
X 96-CA-00942-SCT

Prescott, Evelyn, James Edward Nickelson, Jack Long, Earline Keith, Eddie Kelley, James Mike Anders, Gary Waylon Howell, Ray Myrick, Clarence M. Shows, George R. Parker, Roy D. Dickenson , Darnell Prescott, Debra D. Prescott, Amon D. Merritt, Sandra Merri v. Leaf River Forest Products, Inc., Leaf River Corporation, Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Warren Richardson, and Acker Smith George Circuit Court; LC Case#: 7033; Ruling Date: 07/29/1996; Ruling Judge: James Backstrom; Consolidated With 96-CA-00977-SCT Gerald D. Wicks, Merlin Joseph Wagner, Sr., Kenneth Dee McQuire, W. W. Williams, Jr., Russell H. Hubbard, Jr., Raymond E.Kraft, Sr., Mack A. Buckley, James Frank Williams, Joseph D. McQueen, Evelyn Baradell, Isom Clifton, John Paul McDonald, Clifton Edward Ratcliff, Jr., Larry V. Breland, Rodney George Carter, Susan Carter, Charles Hartsfield, Jr., Leta Hartsfield, Nancy Joyce Wicks, Grace L. Hudgins, Herman N. Hudgins, Dorothy Dell Martin, James O. Shepard, Pamella Lynn Wagner, Gene Whitehurst, Jeannie Whitehurst, Elsie J. McQuire, Sybil Adkins, Curtis Andrew Archey, Martha Archey, Robert E. Barton, Nelsa Brannon, Mary Firth, Patricia L. Goodwin, Ronald D. Goodwin, Karia Renee Hamrac, Ronald Edward Hamrac, Elizabeth Williams, Ethel Wozencraft, John Wozencraft, Lucy Wozencraft, Pamela Hubbard, Frances McQueen, J. D. McQueen, Sr., Lori Ates, Steve Ates, Oree Baucum, Jr., Wanda Baucum, Helen Bexley, Bobbie Jean Bolton, Lucy Bolton, Ezra B. Bond v. Leaf River Forest Products, Inc., Leaf River Corporation, Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Warren Richardson, and Acker Smith; Jackson Circuit Court; LC Case#: 90D1; Ruling Date: 07/29/1996; Ruling Judge: James Backstrom; Consolidated With 96-CA-00978-SCT Cassandra Dillon, Kenneth R. Miller, J. Clark Daughdrill, Thurman H. Brister, T. A. Wilder, Jr., Jimmie P. James, Jimmy A. Ellzey, Shirley L. Ellzey, Cleon A. Hartley, Evelyn Hartley, David W. Simmons, Lourdes Delcarmen Simmons, Patricia A. Brister, Cassie E. Daughdrill, William Marion Daughdrill, Benjamin A. Eubanks, Bruce L. Eubanks, Buford L. Eubanks, Charles E. Eubanks, Dawn Eubanks, Horace R. Eubanks, Mary E. Eubanks, Owen M. Eubanks, Owen Eubanks, Sharon K. Eubanks, Sheryl P. Eubanks, Teri C. Eubanks, Lee Ann Farrior, Catherine S. Green, Samuel C. Green, Jean Webb Lott, Jerry W. Lott, Kenneth R. Miller, Marlene Miller, Jerry Morrison, Peggy Morrison, Chestine O'Neal, Jerald O'Neal, Hollis L. Welford, Rosie M. Welford, T. A. Wilder, Joyce James, Maxine Sylvester and Wilmer Sylvester v. Leaf River Forest Products, Inc., Leaf River Corporation, Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Warren Richardson, and Acker Smith; Greene Circuit Court; LC Case#: 4593; Ruling Date: 07/29/1996; Ruling Judge: James Backstrom; Majority Opinion: Banks, J. Disposition: Reversed and Remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with the Opinion of this Court. Appellee taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Prather, C.J., Sullivan, P.J., Pittman, P.J., Mills, J., Waller, J., Concur. Smith, J., Dissents Without Separate Written Opinion. McRae, J., Concurs in result only.


EN BANC
96-CT-00949-SCT

Payton, Henry a/k/a Henry C. Payton v. State of Mississippi Leake Circuit Court; LC Case#: 8474; Ruling Date: 05/17/1996; Ruling Judge: Marcus Gordon; Disposition: Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed by Henry Payton, granted. To Grant: Prather, C. J., Sullivan and Pittman, P.JJ., Banks, McRae, Mills and Waller, JJ. To Deny: Smith, J. Order entered.


EN BANC
97-CC-00126-SCT

Mississippi Department of Human Services v. Raymond M. Baum Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case#: 95847CIV; Ruling Date: 12/16/1996; Ruling Judge: William Coleman; Disposition: Motion for Rehearing, denied. Sullivan, P.J. and McRae, J., would grant. Opinion Modified.


Sullivan, Michael
X 97-CA-00587-SCT

Barnes, Jr., Charles J. v. Homa Lee Barnes Rankin Chancery Court; LC Case#: 39712; Ruling Date: 04/08/1997; Ruling Judge: Thomas Zebert; Disposition: Motion for rehearing, denied. Prather, C.J., Pittman, P.J., Banks, J., Smith, J., Mills, J., and Waller, J., Concur. McRae, J., dissents without separate written opinion.


EN BANC
97-CA-00606-SCT

Hinds Community College District and the Mississippi Ethics Commission, by and through Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore v. Dr. Vernon Clyde Muse Hinds Circuit Court 2nd District; LC Case#: 9634; Ruling Date: 04/17/1997; Ruling Judge: L. Hilburn, Jr.; Disposition: Motion for Rehearing, denied. Smith, J., would grant. Waller, J., not participating. Opinion modified.


EN BANC
97-CA-01073-SCT

Cockrell, Billy Hughey, Carolyn Virginia Cockrell and William Jeffrey Cockrell, A Minor Child v. City of Southaven, State of Mississippi DeSoto Circuit Court; LC Case#: CV970003; Ruling Date: 09/04/1997; Ruling Judge: George Carlson, Jr.; Disposition: Motion for Rehearing, denied. Pittman, P.J., Not Participating.


EN BANC
98-CT-00514-SCT

Barr, Jeffrey Dalton and Aaron Keith Barr, Minors, by and through Their Father and Next Friend, Ronald Jeffrey Barr v. Allstate Insurance Company Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case#: 9751CIV; Ruling Date: 10/31/1997; Ruling Judge: James Graves, Jr.; Disposition: Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed by Jeffrey Dalton Barr and Aaron Keith Barr, minors, by and through their next friend, Ronald Jeffrey Barr, denied. To Deny: Prather, C.J., Sullivan and Pittman, P.JJ., Banks, Smith and Mills, JJ. To Grant: McRae and Waller, JJ. Order entered.


EN BANC
X 1998-BR-01367-SCT

Petition of Robbie Kirk Asher for Reinstatement to the Privilege of Practicing Law in the State of Mississippi, In Re: LC Case#: 94BA324; Ruling Date: 09/21/1995; Majority Opinion: Pittman, P.J. Disposition: Robbie Kirk Asher's Petition for Reinstatement to practice law in the State of Mississippi, denied. His suspension is to continue for a period of not less than one year, and he shall be readmitted only upon petition in accordance with Rule 12 of the Mississippi Rules of Discipline which include passing the Multi-State Professional Responsibility Examination with a score as provided in Rule 12.5. Robbie Kirk Asher taxed with costs. Votes: Prather, C.J., Sullivan, P.J., Banks, J., McRae, J., Smith, J., Mills, J., Waller, J., Concur.