When Long‑Standing Unwritten Medicaid Practices Become Binding Policy: Commentary on Hattiesburg Medical Park Management Corp. v. Mississippi Division of Medicaid I. Introduction In Hattiesburg...
Reaffirming the “Intimate Knowledge” Standard: Technical Reviewer Testimony and the Confrontation Clause After Smith v. Arizona Commentary on Jeffrey Dale Busby v. State of Mississippi, Miss. Sup....
Miller v. State and the Sufficiency of Aggravated Assault Indictments Omitting “Recklessly” in Mississippi I. Introduction In Willis Miller v. State of Mississippi (Miss. Sup. Ct., Nov. 13, 2025),...
Expired Judgments and Trust Funds: Pro Rata Distribution of MDL Refunds in Thompson & Dixon v. Estate of Lee I. Introduction In Gloria Thompson and Deborah Dixon v. The Estate of Herbert Lee, Jr.,...
Special Exceptions May Authorize Non‑Permitted Uses in Planned Unit Developments: Commentary on Mohiuddin v. Jackson County Board of Supervisors I. Introduction This commentary analyzes the...
No Express Finding of Child Harm Required for Mental-Health and Adultery Considerations in Albright Custody Analysis: Commentary on Edwards v. Edwards Case: Aubrey M. Edwards v. William Brad Edwards...
Best Interest Over Kinship and Contract: Mississippi Supreme Court Confirms Foster Parents’ Ability to Seek Adoption Despite CPS Relative-Placement Policies 1. Introduction This commentary examines...
Admissions, Vehicle Control, and Hidden Narcotics: The Mississippi Supreme Court Refines Constructive Possession in Moody v. State I. Introduction The Supreme Court of Mississippi’s decision in...
Rule 83 Approval as a Prerequisite to Enforceable Fifth Chancery District Local Rules (Effective December 1, 2025) 1. Introduction In Re: Local Rules is an administrative order of the Supreme Court...
Implied Non‑Consent and Victim Testimony in Mississippi Sexual Battery Law: Commentary on Earnest Mayfield a/k/a Ernest Mayfield v. State of Mississippi I. Introduction This commentary analyzes the...
Defective Zoning Appeals Are Not Jurisdictional and the “Fairly Debatable” Standard Reaffirmed: Commentary on Elliott Land Developments v. Jackson County Board of Supervisors I. Introduction The...
Intent, Guns, and Attempted Aggravated Assault: The Mississippi Supreme Court Disavows the “Actual, Unequivocal Intent” Standard in Jones v. State I. Introduction The Supreme Court of Mississippi’s...
Lakeland Premier Women’s Clinic v. Jackson: Strict Limits on Rule 56(f) Extensions and the Expert Affidavit Requirement in Mississippi Medical Malpractice Cases I. Introduction A. The Parties and the...
Circumstantial Evidence, Trial-Court Deference, and Civil Forfeiture: The Significance of Rae Young Chung v. State ex rel. Brandon Police Department I. Introduction In Rae Young Chung v. State of...
Mossy Lake, Public Trust Waters, and Sixteenth Section School Lands: Mississippi Supreme Court Clarifies That Pre‑Statehood Public Waters Never Accrued to the Sixteenth Section Trust I. Introduction...
Defendant-Caused Injury as the Touchstone of Venue Under Miss. Code § 11‑11‑3: Commentary on National Health Insurance Company v. Lever I. Introduction The Supreme Court of Mississippi’s decision in...
Mississippi Supreme Court Authorizes $50 CLE Sponsor Application Fee as a Condition of Accreditation Introduction This commentary examines the Mississippi Supreme Court’s administrative order in In...
Mississippi Supreme Court Adopts Official Civil Subpoena Forms (Forms 6–8) and Requires Conspicuous Ten‑Day Production Hold Under Rule 45 Introduction In a rulemaking order titled “In re: The Rules...
Pleading-Stage Pathways Around the UCC Statute of Frauds: Joint Counsel’s Email May Qualify as a Merchant’s Confirmation, and Pre‑Closing Control May Constitute Receipt and Acceptance Introduction In...
No Present Conveyance, No Deed: Mississippi High Court Holds “Upon Sale or My Death Shall Be Shared” Instruments Are Testamentary, Not Inter Vivos Conveyances Introduction This commentary analyzes...