SMITH v. DORSEY

No. 07-CA-59273.

599 So.2d 529 (1992)

Jimmy SMITH, Calvin C. Williams, Bennie Knox and Daniel Jennings v. Rev. James DORSEY, John E. Walls, Jr., Carl R. Brandon, Gussie P. Wilson, Harriet Aikerson and Roosevelt Yarbrough.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kennie E. Middleton, Fayette, for appellant.

Dennis L. Horn, Horn & Payne, Jackson, Richard T. Watson, Natchez, for appellee.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Larry E. Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Everett T. Sanders, Natchez, W. David Watkins, Dorian E. Turner, Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes, Donald Clark, Jr., Crosthwait Terney Noble & Allain, R. Mark Hodges, George Q. Evans, Wise Carter Child & Caraway, W. Larry Harris, Gerald & Brand, William F. Roberts, Ben J. Piazza, Jr., Watkins Ludlam & Stennis, Jackson, for amici curiae.

En Banc.


ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

DAN M. LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

I. INTRODUCTION

An earlier opinion by this Court was released on September 4, 1991, and a petition to rehear was filed by the appellants on September 23, 1991. The petition to rehear is granted; our earlier opinion of September 4, 1991, is withdrawn and held for naught, and we substitute the following opinion in its stead.

This appeal had its origin in a bifurcated...

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