MAYFIELD v. BUTLER SNOW, L.L.P.

No. 21-60733.

75 F.4th 494 (2023)

Robin MAYFIELD; Owen Mayfield; William Mayfield; Estate of Mark Stevens Mayfield, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BUTLER SNOW, L.L.P.; Donald Clark, Jr.; City of Madison, Mississippi; Mary Hawkins-Butler, individually and in her Official Capacity; Police Chief Gene Waldrop, Individually and in his Official Capacity; Chuck Harrison, Individually and in his Official Capacity; Vickie Currie, Individually and in her Official Capacity; John and Jane Does 1-10; Richard Wilbourn, III, Defendants-Appellees, Dale Danks, Jr.; Janet Danks; Jordan Russell; Quinton Dickerson, Movants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED July 27, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorsey Reese Carson, Jr. , Carson Law Group, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, Steve C. Thornton, I , Jackson, MS, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Simon Turner Bailey , Stephen Lee Thomas, Esqs. , Alan Walter Perry , Counsel, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, L.L.P., Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellees Butler Snow, L.L.P., Donald Clark, Jr.

Kaytie Michelle Pickett, Esq. , Adam Stone , Jones Walker, L.L.P., Jackson, MS, Chelsea H. Brannon , City of Madison, Madison, MS, for Defendant-Appellee City of Madison, Mississippi.

Kaytie Michelle Pickett, Esq. , Adam Stone , Jones Walker, L.L.P., Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellee Mary Hawkins-Butler.

Roy Allen Smith, Jr., Esq. , Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, P.A., Jackson, MS, Steven James Griffin, Esq. , Office of the Attorney General, for the State of Tennessee, Nashville, TN, for Defendants-Appellees Police Chief Gene Waldrop, Chuck Harrison, Vickie Currie.

Robert Lewis Gibbs, Esq. , Gibbs Travis, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellee Richard Wilbourn, III.

Dennis Jason Childress, Esq. , Fletcher & Sippel, L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Movant-Appellee Dale Danks, Jr.

Kaytie Michelle Pickett, Esq. , Adam Stone , Jones Walker, L.L.P., Jackson, MS, for Movant-Appellee Janet Danks.

Gregory Todd Burwell , G. Todd Burwell, P.A., Ridgeland, MS, for Movant-Appellee Jordan Russell.

John S. Grant, IV , Attorney, Grant Legal Group, P.A., Ridgeland, MS, for Movant-Appellee Quinton Dickerson.

Before Richman, Chief Judge, and Ho and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.


Mark Mayfield was arrested for being part of a scheme to take a picture of Senator Thad Cochran's late wife, Rose Cochran, in the privacy of her nursing room home. One month later, Mayfield was found dead in his home, seemingly from suicide.1

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