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Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005), [1] was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that the use of eminent domain to transfer land from one private owner to another private owner to further economic development does not violate the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
It was the most prominent in a series of cases which had increased the scope of 42 USC § 1983 in actions against local governments. [14] The decision left open the issue of unequal provision of services according to wealth and for this reason some commentators doubted its wide applicability. [15] [16] The 1976 Supreme Court case Washington
The Supreme Court of Mississippi is the court of last resort in the state. [25] The state constitution grants the Supreme Court broad jurisdiction to review cases that raise questions of law. It only has original jurisdiction over legal cases arising from actions taken by the Mississippi Public Service Commission to alter utility rates and in ...
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to Mississippi's lifetime ban on voting by people convicted of a wide range of felonies, a policy adopted in 1890 during ...
Jenifer Branning, a candidate on the ballot for the Mississippi Supreme Court Central District, speaks to attendees during Roger Wicker's victory party at the Westin hotel in Jackson, on Nov. 5, 2024.
In the Mississippi Court of Appeals, Amy St. Pe' will face Jennifer Schloegel. By Sunday, the AP reported St Pe' to have 35.2% of the votes (84,399), while Schloegel had 33% (78,900).
Mississippi, 593 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the imposition of life sentences for juveniles. The Supreme Court had previously ruled in Miller v. Alabama in 2012 that mandatory life sentences without parole for juvenile offenders was considered cruel and unusual punishment outside of extreme cases of ...
The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday struck down part of a state law that would have authorized some circuit court judges to be appointed rather than elected in the capital city of Jackson ...