Miss. Court Reopens Bluesman Litigation
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The Mississippi Supreme Court has reopened litigation over who owns photographs and writings of bluesman Robert Johnson, nearly two months after declaring his son sole heir to royalties from the memorabilia.
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By Anonymous  GULFPORT - The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR) held a public hearing December 13 at 6 p.m.
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Republican Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi lost the first round in the courts Monday in a lawsuit challenging his chosen Senate special election date, leaving the election schedule in flux.
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The California Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated a class-action lawsuit by as many as 1, 400 Sav-on Drug Stores managers and assistant managers who claim they
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Louis Pearlman, the creator of  boy bands like Backstreet Boys and &#39;N Sync, was remanded on  Monday to custody in Guam pending his transfer to Florida where  he faces charges of fraud.
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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. said it will stop writing new policies for homeowners and businesses in Mississippi following a legal battle over damage claims there from 2005's Hurricane Katrina.
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A federal appeals court ordered a lower court yesterday to reconsider whether a lawsuit against underwriters including Citigroup and Morgan Stanley can proceed as a class action.
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Jackson, Miss. -- Bending to legal pressure, the state agreed Thursday to restore benefits to more than 50,000 Mississippians who were dropped from the Medicaid rolls to save money.
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Mississippi judge who defended use of word "nigger" is confirmed to federal appeals court.
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A panel of federal judges Friday revived the last remaining lawsuit stemming from disputes over congressional redistricting after the 2000 census.
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A state appeals court on Tuesday lifted an order that had stopped San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy from being sworn in for a second term.
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By Associated Press  JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a mother and son who lost a lawsuit that claimed Sherwin Williams Co. was responsible for the lead paint that made the boy sick.
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Injunction proceedings involving the new identity and whereabouts of Maxine Carr return to the High Court.
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By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb.
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JACKSON, Miss., June 29 -- The head of a Mississippi Democratic Party organization illegally suppressed white residents' votes, a federal judge ruled Friday in the first case filed by the Justice Department alleging that whites were subjected to voting discrimination based on their race.
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By Anita Lee, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 4--GULFPORT -- State Farm and policyholder Michael McCoy settled a Hurricane Katrina case before the start of a scheduled trial this morning in U.S. District Court.   Katrina swept away McCoy's home, leaving only a slab.
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A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a jury's &#36;8.5 million award to the family of a boy paralyzed in a car seat.