Pub. Employees' Retirement Sys. V. Hawkins

Docket Number:	1997-IA-01214-SCT Linked Case(s): 1997-IA-01214-SCT

Supreme Court:	Opinion Date: 04-04-2001 Opinion Author: Per Curiaum Holding: AFFIRMED IN PART, RENDERED IN PART, AND REMANDED

Additional Case Information:	Procedural History: Interlocutory Appeal Nature of the Case: State Boards and Agencies

Trial Court:	Date of Trial Judgment: 08-19-1997 Appealed from: Chickasaw County Circuit Court Judge: Henry L. Lackey Disposition: Circuit Court of Chickasaw County denied PERS' Motion to Dismiss.

Note:	Due to the recusal of all Supreme Court Justices, the parties agreed to the appointment of a panel of five Special Justices pursuant to Article 6, Section 165 of the Mississippi Constitution. The parties further agreed that the panel would consist of Charles Clark, Bill Allain, Frank Montague, Jr., Guthrie Abbott, and Claude F. Clayton, Jr., Special Justices, and that they would submit their case to this panel of the Mississippi Supreme Court.

	Party Name:	Attorney Name:
Appellant:	PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF MISSISSIPPI (PERS)	OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: T. HUNT COLE , JR. AND P. ROGER GOOGE, JR.

Appellee:	ARMIS E. HAWKINS	LESTER F. SUMNERS

Mississippi College School of Law