JACKSON, Miss. — It’s round two for Republican state Auditor Stacy Pickering and Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood in a fight over the constitutionality of a law that allows Hood to hire private lawyers to represent Mississippi in lawsuits.
The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments Aug. 3 in a second lawsuit over the fees. In this one, Pickering is appealing a judge’s decision last year upholding $10 million in fees paid to lawyers for handling a state lawsuit against computer software manufacturer Microsoft. Microsoft is not a party to Pickering’s lawsuit.
Hinds County Chancellor Denise Owens last April ruled against Pickering.
AP
6/28/11
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