Experts say Mississippiâs suit against China likely not going anywhere . (Source: kauz) By Anthony Warren | January 12, 2021 at 5:48 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 10:18 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Legal experts say Mississippiâs lawsuit against the Peopleâs Republic of China likely wonât go very far.
And even if it does, thereâs little likelihood that China would ever pay Mississippi for damages incurred by the coronavirus.
âThe hurdles are insurmountable,â said Matt Steffey, a professor at the Mississippi College School of Law. âIâve got to think the attorney generalâs staff knows this. There are many competent lawyers over at the AGâs office.â
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Repeat eviction judgments to be commonplace across the state, analysis shows.
Under a federal eviction moratorium and as a deadly virus continued to rage, landlords in Jackson sued even more tenants each day than they did in previous years.
Many Mississippi families, especially those who were suffering before the pandemic, have not been protected under the government’s narrowly tailored efforts to keep people housed during a global pandemic, advocates argue.
“Housing is fundamental, and in a perfect world, it would have been an original consideration for funding,” said Mississippi Home Corporation Director Scott Spivey, noting that by mid-December, Congress still had yet to appropriate funds that could be used to pay the rents of most struggling tenants, even in previous relief b
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Challenging the state s landlord tenant laws By Quentin Smith | December 14, 2020 at 10:25 PM CST - Updated December 15 at 9:20 AM
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WLBT) - Did you know that in Mississippi, if a tenant is evicted from their home, state law considers their property abandoned?
This means the landlord can immediately seize their possessions and do whatever theyâd like with them.
Now The Low Income Housing Clinic at the University of Mississippi School of Law is filing a federal lawsuit on behalf of their client Samantha Conner.
The 19 page document shows Conner was renting an apartment at Chateaux Hills apartments in Columbus.
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The country has never been more divided politically, and whether they’re strongly in favor of or adamantly opposed to President Trump’s policies, people have been inspired to go to law school to somehow “save America.”
As our readers know, the latest Princeton Review law school rankings are out, and today, we’ll be focusing on what are perhaps the most important rankings of them all: the law schools with the most conservative students and the law schools with the most liberal students. During these times of political division and strife, why not attend a law school where there’s a high likelihood that your classmates will share your political ideology?