With the impending departure of Celeste Reep Oglesby to Tennessee, Singing River is on the hunt for a replacement. Recently Oglesby circulated the below e-mail to local law firms and attorneys. We are told that most of the attorneys being contacted are under the age of 45, the implication being that SRHS is looking for […]
Singing River has filed their response to the Mississippi Supreme Court on Denham and Barton’s Petition for Sanctions. You can read it here.
Local and social media has been abuzz recently with talk about transparency of the Jackson County Utility Authority. Several city leaders are going to the mattresses against the JCUA claiming that the board has no oversight, no transparency, no accountability, and no way to be reined in. Much of the language and arguments being used
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Earl Denham and Harvey Barton have filed an appeal asking the Supreme Court to cite Judge Breland Hilburn for contempt. They ask for the removal of Hilburn, Special Master Britt Singletary, Special Fiduciary Steve Simpson and several other lawyers. Read the petition here.
Hilburn seems to be dancing to the same tune as he was back in Wilson v. Scruggs. Improperly plead, properly plead. Not before the court, before the court. Hearing is scheduled,hearing is cancelled. I will follow the court’s order, I won’t follow the court’s order, I will follow the court’s order. I won’t recuse, I
Just one day after Breland Hilburn issued an order saying he will not hold a recusal hearing nor recuse, he reverses course and recuses in the Denham & Barton cases. Attorney Harvey Barton says that he is not satisfied and will continue to seek Hilburn’s removal in all the cases. We are awaiting an order
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Judge Hilburn has defied the order of the Mississippi Supreme Court by denying recusal motions without holding a hearing. The Supreme Court ordered a hearing be held within ten days of its order on Jan. 28. Hilburn’s order states that he doesn’t disagree with the allegations by Denham and Barton, just that they don’t rise
An episode of Dominic Dunne’s Power, Privilege, and Justice that covers the assassination of Circuit Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife Margaret. Former Biloxi Mayor Pete Halat spent 13 years in jail for using his law office as operational cover for a scam operation that was run from Angola. Halat was also a former Circuit
A reader has requested that we give an explanation of cash on hand and profit. There seems to be some confusion about how the numbers work. Cash on Hand is exactly what it sounds like – how much cash money is in the bank, right now? If you’re looking at the balance in your checking