Supreme Court of Mississippi

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court of last resort state supreme court

The Supreme Court of Mississippi is the highest appellate court in the state, responsible for interpreting Mississippi law and overseeing the state’s judicial system.

Aliases (1)

Mississippi Supreme Court ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort → state supreme court →
appliesToJurisdiction	State of Mississippi →
building	Gartin Justice Building →
buildingLocatedIn	Jackson, Mississippi → surface form: "downtown Jackson, Mississippi"
compositionMethod	elected justices →
country	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
decisionsBindingOn	all lower Mississippi state courts →
dividesInto	judicial districts for election of justices →
establishedBy	Mississippi Constitution →
establishedIn	1817 →
governs	Mississippi Rules of Court → surface form: "Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure" Mississippi Rules of Court → surface form: "Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure" Mississippi Rules of Court → surface form: "Mississippi Rules of Criminal Procedure"
handles	death penalty appeals in Mississippi → disciplinary appeals for judges and lawyers →
hasAuthority	admission to the Mississippi Bar → appellate review of lower state courts → discipline of attorneys in Mississippi → rulemaking authority for Mississippi courts →
hasChiefJudge	Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court →
hasNumberOfPositions	9 →
hasPositionsFor	justices →
hasPrecedenceOver	Mississippi Court of Appeals →
hasTermLength	8-year terms for justices →
hasWebsite	https://courts.ms.gov →
hearsCases	civil appeals → constitutional questions under Mississippi law → criminal appeals →
interprets	Mississippi Constitution → Mississippi court rules → Mississippi statutes →
jurisdiction	Mississippi Constitution → Mississippi state law →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
legalSystem	common law →
locatedIn	Jackson, Mississippi NERFINISHED →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Mississippi →
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone →
officialName	Supreme Court of Mississippi →
oversees	Mississippi Court of Appeals → Judicial branch of the State of Mississippi → surface form: "Mississippi judiciary" trial courts of Mississippi →
partOf	Judicial branch of the State of Mississippi →
publishes	Mississippi Rules of Court → opinions of the court →
sessionType	continuous term →
shortName	Supreme Court of Mississippi → surface form: "Mississippi Supreme Court"

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mississippi → judicialBody → Supreme Court of Mississippi →

Supreme Court of Mississippi → officialName → Supreme Court of Mississippi →

Supreme Court of Mississippi → shortName → Supreme Court of Mississippi →

this entity surface form: "Mississippi Supreme Court"