Welcome to the website of the Mississippi Judiciary. This site is designed to provide public access to information about the state court system.
Here you will find dockets, briefs, orders and opinions of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. Appellate opinions dating back to 1996 are available here. Appellate court oral arguments are webcast live, and oral arguments heard since October 2014 are archived here. Mississippi College School of Law's Judicial Database, linked here, includes a video archive of oral arguments dating from 2004 and a brief archive from late 2007.
At the trial court level, a growing number of Chancery, Circuit and County Courts utilize the Mississippi Electronic Courts system to e-file trial court records. Digital court documents may be viewed via the subscriber based PAMEC digital portal.
General information about each level of the court system and the kinds of matters dealt with at each level may be found here. Judicial and staff directories are available for each court.
The site provides access to all the current laws of the state through the searchable Mississippi Code. All rules of the state court system are available online. The catalog of the legal collections of the State Library is available. Court statistics and administrative data back to 1996 are available in annual reports.
We hope that this site is a useful resource that assists the legal community and educates the public about the workings of the court system. Public understanding of the courts is essential to public trust.
Notice of Holiday Closure on Monday, January 20, 2020
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Mississippi Courts Newsletter - October 2019
November 8, 2019
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Chief Justice will speak at Dr. Martin Luther King event in Hattiesburg Jan. 20
January 17, 2020
Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph will be the keynote speaker at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ecumenical and Interracial Prayer Breakfast Jan. 20 at 7 a.m. in Hattiesburg. The prayer breakfast will be held at the Thad Cochran Center on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi. |
Retired Hinds County Court Judge Houston Patton died Jan. 12
January 16, 2020
Retired Hinds County Court Judge Houston Patton died on Jan. 12 at St. Dominic Hospital. He was 84. |
Chief Justice Randolph speaks to Gulf Coast Business Council
January 10, 2020
Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph said Friday that the Mississippi Judiciary needs a $4 million budget increase to implement new intervention courts to help veterans and people with mental illnesses, and to increase judges’ salaries for their additional duties. |
State Librarian Stephen Parks sworn in for second term
January 9, 2020
State Librarian Stephen Parks of Jackson was elected to his second term Jan. 9 during a joint session of the Mississippi House of Representatives and the Mississippi Senate. |
Justice Ishee sworn in to begin new term on Supreme Court
January 7, 2020
Justice David M. Ishee of Gulfport took the oath of office Jan. 6 to begin a new term on the Mississippi Supreme Court. |
Chief Justice Randolph will speak to Gulf Coast Business Council on Jan. 10
January 7, 2020
Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph will speak to the Gulf Coast Business Council on Jan. 10 at 8 a.m. in the Regions Ballroom at the Knight Nonprofit Center in Gulfport. |
49 new Justice Court judges to take office in January
December 20, 2019
Forty-nine new Justice Court judges recently completed two weeks of intensive judicial training in Jackson. The judges will take office in January. |
Special Committee on Judicial Election Campaign Intervention appointed
December 18, 2019
Five members have been appointed to the Special Committee on Judicial Election Campaign Intervention |
Chief Justice appoints Judge Bruhl to Commission on Judicial Performance, names Judge Curry as alternate member
December 17, 2019
Chief Justice Mike Randolph has appointed Walthall County Justice Court Judge Ryan Bruhl as a member of the Commission on Judicial Performance, and appointed Forrest County Justice Court Judge Wes Curry as an alternate member of the Commission. |
Chief Justice discusses expansion plans for intervention courts
December 11, 2019
Twenty-one Hinds Circuit Drug Court graduates on Wednesday pushed the statewide total of intervention court graduates past 5,600 during the past eight years. |
Circuit Judge Christopher Collins to resign Jan. 1
December 6, 2019
Circuit Judge Christopher A. Collins of Union has announced that he will resign from the bench effective Jan. 1, 2020. |
Retired Chancellor William G. Willard Jr. died November 25
December 4, 2019
Retired Chancellor William G. Willard Jr. of Clarksdale died Nov. 25, 2019, at Peter’s Reef, Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, while scuba diving with his family. He was 72. |
Supreme Court reappoints six to Advisory Committee on Rules
November 27, 2019
Chief Justice Mike Randolph, acting on behalf of the Supreme Court sitting En Banc, signed an order reappointing two judges and four attorneys to serve on the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules. |
Chief Justice Randolph to speak to Hinds Circuit Drug Court graduation Dec. 11
November 25, 2019
Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph will be the guest speaker during the Hinds Circuit Drug Court graduation on Dec. 11 at 6 p.m. |
Chief Justice Randolph to speak to Picayune Rotary Club December 10
November 25, 2019
Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph will speak to the Picayune Rotary Club on Dec. 10 at noon at the Senior Center of South Pearl River County in Picayune. |
Retired Court of Appeals Chief Judge Billy Bridges died Nov. 25
November 25, 2019
Retired Mississippi Court of Appeals Chief Judge Billy G. Bridges died on Nov. 25 at his home in Brandon. |
Chief Justice Randolph to speak to Columbia Rotary Club Nov. 26
November 7, 2019
Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph will speak to the Columbia Rotary Club Nov. 26 at noon at the Magnolia Grille. |
Chief Justice Randolph to speak to McComb Exchange Club Nov. 14
November 7, 2019
Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph will return to McComb to speak to the Exchange Club Nov. 14 at noon at the Golden Corral Restaurant. |
Chief Justice Randolph to speak at guardianship and conservatorship CLE program in Meridian
November 7, 2019
Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph will speak at 12:15 p.m. Nov. 8 at the MSU Riley Center in Meridian during a continuing legal education program. |
Jackson County adoption celebrations set for Nov. 8 and Nov. 19
November 6, 2019
Eighteen foster children in Jackson County will be adopted during two Adoption Day ceremonies scheduled for Nov. 8 and Nov. 19 at the Old Jackson County Courthouse in Pascagoula. |
Chief Justice Randolph to speak at Gautier High School Veterans Breakfast Nov. 8
November 5, 2019
Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph will be the guest speaker at the annual Gautier High School Veterans Breakfast on Nov. 8. Breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m. in the cafeteria, and the program will begin at 8:15 a.m. |
Chief Justice Randolph to speak to Poplarville Rotary Club Nov. 6
November 5, 2019
Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph will speak to the Poplarville Rotary Club at noon Nov. 6 at the Pearl River Community College Cafeteria. |
Chancery Judges elect conference officers
October 30, 2019
Chancellor Haydn Roberts of Brandon has been elected chair of the Conference of Chancery Court Judges. Chancellor Rhea Sheldon of Purvis was elected vice-chair, and Chancellor Larry Little of Oxford was elected secretary-treasurer. |
Court of Appeals to visit three college campuses in November
October 29, 2019
The Mississippi Court of Appeals will convene on three college campuses in November. Three-judge panels will hear oral arguments at Mississippi State University on Nov. 6, at the Utica Campus of Hinds Community College on Nov. 13, and at Rust College in Holly Springs on Nov. 19. |
Supreme Court seeks public comments on possible revision to Code of Judicial Conduct
October 11, 2019
The Mississippi Supreme Court is seeking public comments as it considers whether to revise Canon 5 of the Code of Judicial Conduct. |
Stephen Burrow appointed to Ethics Commission
October 10, 2019
Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph has appointed attorney Stephen W. Burrow of Pascagoula to the Mississippi Ethics Commission. |
Availability of indigent parent representation increases
October 7, 2019
Six counties in north Mississippi will begin providing attorneys to represent indigent parents in abuse and neglect proceedings in Youth Courts. |
New Webster County Courthouse holds open house
October 7, 2019
Several hundred people crowded the halls of the new Webster County Courthouse in Walthall on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 6, as county officials held an open house. |
Chief Justice Randolph to speak to McComb Lions Club October 8
October 1, 2019
Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph will speak to the McComb Lions Club on Oct. 8 at noon at the Golden Corral Restaurant. |
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