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PICKERING v. LANGSTON LAW FIRM, P.A.

No. 2010-CA-00362-SCT.

88 So.3d 1269 (2012)

Stacey PICKERING, in his Capacity as Auditor for the State of Mississippi v. LANGSTON LAW FIRM, P.A.; Joseph C. Langston; State of Mississippi; Lundy & Davis; And Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 24, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur F. Jernigan, Jr. , Craig M. Geno , Ridgeland, Samuel E.L. Anderson , attorneys for appellant.

Fred Krutz , C. York Craig, III , Jackson, Office of the Attorney General by Jim Hood , Geoffrey C. Morgan , Harold Edward Pizzetta, III , Justin L. Matheny , attorneys for appellees.

EN BANC.

DICKINSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. A corporation settled its delinquent tax liability to the State of Mississippi by paying $100 million to the State, $4.2 million to a private charity, and $14 million to a private law firm hired by the Attorney General to pursue the claim. Mississippi's Auditor demanded that, because the $18.2 million paid to the private charity and the law firm constituted public funds, it must be turned over to the State. The...

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