LEFOLDT v. HORNE, L.L.P.

No. 18-60581.

938 F.3d 549 (2019)

H. Kenneth LEFOLDT, Jr., in his capacity as Trustee for the Natchez Regional Medical Center Liquidation Trust, Plaintiff-Appellant v. HORNE, L.L.P., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 6, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent Bennett Barriere , Alysson Leigh Mills, Esq. , Molly L. Wells , Fishman Haygood, L.L.P., Douglas Scott Draper, Esq. , Heller, Draper, Patrick, Horn & Dabney, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Alan Walter Perry , Counsel, Simon Turner Bailey, Esq. , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, L.L.P., Jackson, MS, Luke M. Dove , Dove & Chill, Ridgeland, MS, Robert L. Johnson, III, Esq. , Raymond, MS, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HAYNES, GRAVES, and HO, Circuit Judges.


For over a century, Mississippi has required that a public board speak and act only through its minutes. See Bridges v. Clay Cty. Sup'rs, 58 Miss. 817, 820 (Miss. 1881). Mississippi courts will not give legal effect to a contract with a public board unless the board's approval of the contract is reflected in its...

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