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MADISON COUNTY v. HOPKINS

No. 2001-CA-01152-SCT.

857 So.2d 43 (2003)

MADISON COUNTY, Mississippi; Karl Banks, In His Official Capacity as Supervisor of Madison County, Mississippi and Individually; J.L. Mccullough, In His Official Capacity as Former Supervisor of Madison County, Mississippi; David Richardson, In His Official Capacity as Supervisor of Madison County, Mississippi and Individually; Louise Spivey, In Her Official Capacity as Former Supervisor of Madison County, Mississippi; Luther Waldrop, In His Official Capacity as Former Supervisor of Madison County, Mississippi; W.T. Bill Banks In His Official Capacity as Former Supervisor of Madison County, Mississippi and Individually; Mark Sharpe, In His Official Capacity as Supervisor of Madison County, Mississippi and Individually; and Paul Griffin, In His Official Capacity as Supervisor of Madison County, Mississippi and Individually, v. Jessie HOPKINS, In His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Madison County and Individually.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary E. Friedman, Jackson, for Appellants.

William E. Spell, Clinton, for Appellee.

Before PITTMAN, C.J., WALLER and CARLSON, JJ.

CARLSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Underlying this litigation is the all too familiar and unfortunate contentiousness which can exist between a county board of supervisors and a sheriff concerning budgetary constraints brought about by economic conditions which wreak havoc on a limited county budget and underpaid and overworked employees of the sheriff's department. We are called upon to consider today's case because Madison County has appealed to this Court...

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