Civil Rights & Governmental Liability
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Daniel Coker Horton & Bell’s Civil Rights & Governmental Liability practice group defends governmental entities from a variety of potential liability issues, including litigation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Mississippi Tort Claims Act (“MTCA”). Litigation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 has become a labyrinth of procedural and substantive rules and is further complicated by the fact that the constitutional rights at the root of all Section 1983 litigation are fluid concepts that are continually being revisited by the United States Supreme Court and other appellate and trial courts.
Most other potential governmental liability matters within Mississippi must be brought under the MTCA which codifies the common law principal of governmental immunity and provides for a limited waiver of that immunity. Daniel Coker Horton & Bell attorneys regularly defend Mississippi governmental entities and their employees under the MTCA and are well acquainted with the intricacies of the Act and the protections provided to governmental entities in Mississippi.
News
- MDLA Quarterly, September 2017
- October 1, 2015
- November 14, 2014
Speaking Engagements
Recent Victories
- August 2020
- May 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- October 2018
- November 2017
- March 8, 2017
- March 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- August 2016
- July 2015
- March 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- October 2014
- October 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- August 2014
- March 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- December 2013
- September 2013
- July 2013
- May 2013
- Judgment As A Matter Of Law In Two Separate Section 1983 Civil Rights SuitsMarch 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- January 2013
- November 2012
- Mississippi Court Of Appeals Affirmed Summary Judgment In Favor Of Lawrence County In A MTCA CaseJuly 2012
- May 2012
- May 2012
- March 2012
- Obtained A Defense Verdict In A Three-day Jury Trial In Lowndes CountyJanuary 2012
- January 2012
- August 2011
- Summary Judgment In Circuit Court of Madison County on Plaintiffs' Claims of Defamation and InterferenceMay 2011
- May 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
Reported Cases
- Alford v. City of Wiggins, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33093 (S.D. Miss. March 8, 2017)March 2017
- Conyers v. George County Bd. of Supervisors, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 109872 (S.D. Miss. Aug. 17, 2016)2016
- Evans v. City of Meridian Miss., 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 20607 (5th Cir. Miss. Nov. 24,2015)November 2015
- Gatson v. Winston County, et al., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19423 (N.D. Miss. Feb. 14, 2014)
- Alfonso v. Diamondhead Fire Protection District, 122 So. 3d 54 (Miss. 2013), cert. denied, 2014 U.S. LEXIS 3474 (2014)
- Corring v. Pearl River County, 550 Fed. Appx. 204 (5th Cir. Miss. 2013)
- Hawkins v. City of Morton,119 So. 3d 1104 (Miss. Ct. App.2013)
- Aultman v. Lawrence County, 95 So. 3d 702 (Miss. Ct. App. 2012)
- Dean v. Walker, 743 F. Supp. 2d 605 (S.D. Miss. 2010)
- Vaughn v. Olive Branch, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32477 (N.D. Miss. March 11, 2010)
- James v. City of Pontotoc, 364 Fed. Appx. 151 (5th Cir. Miss. 2010)
- Alfonso v. Diamondhead Fire Prot. Dist., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41803 (S.D. Miss. Apr. 28, 2010)
- Lee v. Ishee, 383 Fed. Appx. 499 (5th Cir. Miss. 2010)
- Harrison v. Yalobusha County, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 107161 (N.D. Miss. Oct. 5, 2010)
- Atterberry v. City of Laurel, 401 Fed. Appx. 869 (5th Cir. Miss. 2010)
- Smith v. City of Saltillo, 44 So. 3d 438 (Miss. Ct. App. 2010)
- Davis v. Biloxi Pub. Sch. Dist., 43 So. 3d 1135 (Miss. Ct. App. 2009)
- Applewhite v. City of Lambert, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77172 (N.D. Miss. July 22, 2009)
- Kaigler v. City of Bay St. Louis, 12 So. 3d 577 (Miss. Ct. App. 2009)
- Keys v. Jones Co., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 48890 (S.D. Miss. June 5, 2009)