MOORE v. BOARD OF SUP'RS OF HINDS COUNTY

No. 94-CA-00113-SCT.

658 So.2d 883 (1995)

Honorable Mike MOORE, in His Official Capacity as the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi; and Honorable William R. Barnett, Honorable C.A. Henley, Jr., and Honorable Houston J. Patton, in their Official Capacities as Hinds County Youth Court Judges v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF HINDS COUNTY, Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Richard E. Wilbourn, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellants.

Ben J. Piazza, Jr., Watkins Ludlam & Stennis, Jackson, Ruma Haque, Henry C. Clay, III, Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and PITTMAN and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., JJ.


JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., Justice, for the Court:

INTRODUCTION

This case involves a dispute over the parameters of the separation of powers doctrine between the Hinds County Board of Supervisors and the Hinds County Youth Court judges as it applies to Mississippi's Youth Courts. Specifically, this dispute arose concerning the ability of the Youth Court judges to perform their duties as established and codified...

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