STATE OIL & GAS BD. v. McGOWAN

No. 58323.

542 So.2d 244 (1989)

STATE OIL & GAS BOARD v. John W. McGOWAN.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen. by Frank M. Deramus, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellant.

David K. McGowan, Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.


PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

This case involves a question of administrative procedure. In a proceeding before the Chancery Court of Hinds County, John McGowan requested the chancellor to order the State Oil & Gas Board to submit to discovery. The chancery court held that the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure conferred upon McGowan no right to utilize its discovery procedure against an administrative agency, but that McGowan was entitled to file a pure...

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