Court of Appeals holds proceedings at MUW campus
Students from Mississippi University for Women gathered in Cochran Hall on MUW’s campus Monday to witness three Mississippi Court of Appeals judges hear the appeal of Randall Cooper, Jr., who was convicted of first degree murder in Lowndes County last year.
Miss. appeals political spending law ruling
The state of Mississippi is asking a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court ruling that part of its campaign finance law creates an unconstitutional burden for people or groups that spend at least $200 to support or oppose a ballot initiative.
Ruling pushes gay marriage closer to Supreme Court
The first ruling by a federal appeals court that states cannot prevent gay couples from marrying makes it more likely the Supreme Court will ultimately have to make a decision it has so far avoided — do states have the ability to prohibit same-sex marriage?
Arguments set on 2012 abortion clinic law
A federal appeals court in New Orleans will hear arguments April 28 in a lawsuit challenging a 2012 Mississippi law that threatens to close the state’s only abortion clinic.
Court to hear arguments over Miss. abortion law
A federal appeals court is expected to hear oral arguments in late April or early May in a lawsuit challenging a 2012 law that threatens to close Mississippi’s only abortion clinic.
Appeals court reverses Wright’s wrongful termination verdict
Lowndes County Schools Superintendent Lynn Wright said he will appeal an appellate court’s ruling that he was justly fired from his position as principal of New Hope High School in 2010.
Wright, Hester testify in appeal of wrongful termination suits
Lowndes County Superintendent Lynn Wright and former New Hope baseball coach Stacy Hester appeared before the Mississippi Court of Appeals on Wednesday regarding their wrongful termination lawsuits against the Lowndes County School District.
Hester, Wright cases go before Appeals Court
The state Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments June 12 involving wrongful termination lawsuits filed by former New Hope High School principal Lynn Wright and longtime baseball coach Stacy Hester.
Appeals Court to hold hearings at MSU
The state Court of Appeals hits the road in November, heading to Mississippi State University on Nov. 15 to hold oral arguments in two cases.