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STATE EX REL. HOOD v. LOUISVILLE TIRE CTR.

No. 2009-CA-00052-SCT.

55 So.3d 1068 (2011)

STATE of Mississippi, ex rel. Jim HOOD, Attorney General v. LOUISVILLE TIRE CENTER, INC. d/b/a Fair Oil Company.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 10, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the Attorney General by Meredith McCollum Aldridge , Bridgette Wiggins , attorneys for appellant.

Charles E. Winfield , Joy Wolfe Graves , Starkville, attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.

PIERCE, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Mississippi's Price-Gouging Statute penalizes businesses that raise the price of their goods from the price charged "in the same market area ... at or immediately before" a proclamation of a state of emergency.1 The State of Mississippi, through Attorney General Jim Hood, filed a price-gouging claim against Louisville Tire Center, Inc., d/b/a Fair Oil Co., for violations of Mississippi Code Section...

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