BUTLER SNOW LLP v. ESTATE OF MAYFIELD

No. 2018-CA-00591-COA.

281 So.3d 1214 (2019)

BUTLER SNOW LLP and Donald Clark Jr., Appellants, v. ESTATE OF Mark Stevens MAYFIELD, Robin Mayfield, William Mayfield, and Owen Mayfield, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

June 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS: ALAN W. PERRY , STEPHEN L. THOMAS , SIMON TURNER BAILEY .

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES: DORSEY R. CARSON JR. , JULIE SKIPPER NOONE .

BEFORE BARNES, C.J., TINDELL AND McCARTY, JJ.


¶1. This is a case about discovery—how it is initiated, how it is conducted, and who is privy to it. In the chancery court, a plaintiff sought information pursuant to a bill of discovery. The case was then sealed. The information obtained in the case was used to support a lawsuit against defendants in a separate...

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