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Miss. Code Ann. § 37-111-1 (2026)

Students may organize

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For the purpose of promoting higher standards of scholarship, a greater degree of culture, closer social fellowship and a stronger college spirit among the students of the state universities and colleges, any group of students in such institutions shall be permitted to organize themselves into such societies as academic, professional, honorary, Masonic, or so-called Greek letter fraternities or sororities, or similar organizations whether of a local or connectional character as provided in this chapter.

Codes, 1930, § 7309; 1942, § 6792; Laws, 1926, ch. 312.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1992–1998 · leading case: Beta Beta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi v. May, 611 So. 2d 889 (Miss. 1992).
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Beta Beta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi v. May, 611 So. 2d 889 (Miss. 1992). · cites it 8× “A statute or rule permitting an unincorporated association to sue or be sued in the associate name, or in the name of its officers, is procedural only. It creates no new substantive right where none existed before its adoption, and this is true whether the action is in contract…”
Pro-Choice Mississippi v. Fordice, 716 So. 2d 645 (Miss. 1998). · cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. §§ 37-111-1 to -11 (1972).”
Pro-Choice Mississippi v. Kirk Fordice, No. 95-CA-00960-SCT (Miss. Aug. 30, 1995). · cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. §§ 37-111-1 to -11 (1972).”
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