MEMORANDUM OPINION MICHAEL P. MILLS, Chief Judge. On January 3, 2007 Derrick Latory Brown, the petitioner, was convicted of selling cocaine in the Circuit Court of Tate County, Mississippi, and sentenced to fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Brown appealed his conviction to the Mississippi Supreme Court. The case was assigned to the court of appeals, which found that Brown's claim of error regarding hearsay evidence had merit; therefore, it reversed the...
MEMORANDUM OPINION SHARION AYCOCK, District Judge. Before the Court is the State of Mississippi's Motion to Remand [8]. After reviewing the motion, response, rules, and authorities, the Court finds as follows: I. BACKGROUND On March 12, 2010, the State of Mississippi filed the instant action against AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, L.P., AstraZeneca, L.P., AstraZeneca P.L.C., AstraZeneca, A.B., and AstraZeneca U.K. Limited, in the Circuit Court of Chickasaw County, Mississippi. The Complaint...
MEMORANDUM OPINION NEAL B. BIGGERS, JR., Senior District Judge. This cause comes before the court on the bench trial held August 2-5, 2010. After consideration of the testimony, evidence, and exhibits presented at trial and the post-trial briefs submitted by the parties, the court finds as follows. Factual and Procedural Background The issue in this case involves questions of real property law that date back to the 1970s. In 1978, the Tennessee Valley Authority ("TVA") began...
