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After leaving office, Moore entered private legal practice and created Mike Moore Law Firm LLC, based in Flowood, Mississippi. The firm specialized in corporate-government relations. In 2003, Moore began representing clients who sued Purdue Pharma, claiming the company had gotten them or family members addicted to prescription opioid ...
Disbarment, also known as striking off, is the removal of a lawyer from a bar association or the practice of law, thus revoking their law license or admission to practice law. Disbarment is usually a punishment for unethical or criminal conduct but may also be imposed for incompetence or incapacity.
Ex parte McCardle, 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 506 (1869), was a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court held that Congress has the authority to withdraw the Supreme Court's appellate jurisdiction to review decisions of lower courts at any time. [1]
Oliver E. Diaz Jr. (born December 16, 1959) [1] is a former Presiding Justice on the Supreme Court of Mississippi representing District 2 Place 2. In 2008, he was defeated by Randy "Bubba" Pierce. [2]
In 2020, a law was enacted in Mississippi banning abortions based on the sex, race, or genetic abnormality of the fetus. [47] A law outlawing abortion in Mississippi took effect on July 7, 2022, after Mississippi State Attorney General Lynn Fitch on June 27 of that year certified the June 24, 2022, Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v.
State Auditor Shad White wants legislators to take a look at open meetings laws, open records and whistle blower policies this legislative session.
In May 2019, the District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi issued another injunction, this time against a newly passed Mississippi abortion law. [60] This was a heartbeat bill that forbade most abortions when a fetus's heartbeat could be detected, which is usually from six to 12 weeks into pregnancy.
Mississippi College Law Review. 24 (2): 427–435. Mississippi Public Service Commission Annual Report Ending June 30, 2022 (PDF), Mississippi Public Service Commission, 2022; Morton, Ronald C. (1992). "Rules, Rulemaking, and the Ruled: The Mississippi Supreme Court as Self-Proclaimed Ruler - Duncan v. St. Romain". Mississippi College Law Review.