Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 9-3-9 (2026)

Jurisdiction of the court

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The Supreme Court shall have such jurisdiction as properly belongs to a court of appeals, and shall hear and determine all manner of pleas, complaints, motions, causes, and controversies, civil and criminal, which are now pending therein, or which may be brought before it, and which shall be cognizable in said court; but a cause shall not be removed into said court until after final judgment in the court below, except as provided by Section 9-4-3, or in cases particularly provided for by law; and the Supreme Court may grant new trials and correct errors of the circuit court in granting or refusing the same.

Provided, however, the Supreme Court shall have such original and appellate jurisdiction as may be otherwise provided by law in cases and proceedings for modification of any rates charged or sought to be charged to the public by any public utility.

Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 55, art. 2 (5), ch. 61, art. 7 (1); 1857 ch. 61, art. 166, ch. 63, art. 8; 1871, §§ 409, 648; 1880, §§ 1405, 1720; 1892, § 4345; 1906, § 4909; Hemingway's 1917, § 3187; 1930, § 3361; 1942, § 1945; Laws, 1983, ch. 467, § 2; Laws, 1993, ch. 518, § 19, eff. 7/13/1993 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to the amendment of this section).


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 24 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1974–2022 · leading case: PERS OF MS v. Hawkins, 781 So. 2d 899 (Miss. 2001).
PERS OF MS v. Hawkins, 781 So. 2d 899 (Miss. 2001). “Second, the underlying action is within the original subject matter jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Chickasaw County pursuant to Article 6, Section 156 of the Mississippi Constitution. [2] The Petition for Interlocutory Appeal is within the appellate jurisdiction of the…”
Hall v. State, 539 So. 2d 1338 (Miss. 1989). “See also Miss. Code Ann. § 9-3-9 (Supp. 1988). It goes without saying that this Court seeks to exercise no authority except that within the judicial power.”
Kelly v. State, 80 So. 3d 802 (Miss. 2012). “Miss.Code Ann. § 9-3-9 (Rev. 2002). However, in certain limited circumstances, we may entertain interlocutory appeals.”
Common Cause of Mississippi v. Smith, 548 So. 2d 412 (Miss. 1989). “such jurisdiction as properly belongs to a court of appeals, and shall hear and determine all manner of pleas, plaints, motions, causes, and controversies, civil and criminal, which are now pending therein, or which may be brought before it, and which shall be cognizable in said…”
Beckwith v. State, 615 So. 2d 1134 (Miss. 1992). “1992), which authorizes an appeal from a final judgment, and Miss. Code Ann. § 9-3-9 (Supp. 1992), which gives this Court jurisdiction of an appeal from any final judgment in the circuit court.”
Magnolia Bar Ass'n, Inc. v. Lee, 793 F. Supp. 1386 (S.D. Miss. 1992). “Miss.Code Ann. § 9-3-9 (1972). The supreme court justice who has served for the “longest time continuously” is the Chief Justice.”
Bd. of Bar Admissions v. APPLICANT F, 582 So. 2d 377 (Miss. 1991). · cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 9-3-9 (Supp. 1990). This Court's rules serve as the procedural vehicle for appeals such as this, and we might add from our review of the record that the parties seem to have traversed these without inordinate difficulty.”
Wigington v. McCalop, 191 So. 3d 124 (Miss. 2016). “2006); Miss. Code Ann. §§ 9-3-9 & 1Í-5Í-3 (Rev.2014 and 2004); Miss.”
M.W.F. v. D.D.F., 926 So. 2d 897 (Miss. 2006). “In the present matter, the parties raised before the chancellor various claims concerning grounds for divorce, as well as custody of the children, child support, alimony, and property division.”
Smith v. Clark, 189 F. Supp. 2d 548 (S.D. Miss. 2002). “See also Miss. Code Ann. § 9-3-9 . 11 . The holding of the Mississippi Supreme Court stated, in its entirety: After due consideration the Court finds that the Hinds County Chancery Court has jurisdiction of this matter.”
Maurer v. Boyd, 111 So. 3d 690 (Miss. Ct. App. 2013). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 9-3-9 (Rev.2002); Miss.”
Est. of Lewis v. Harvey, 135 So. 3d 202 (Miss. Ct. App. 2014). “See also Miss.Code Ann. § 9-3-9 (Rev.2002); Miss.Code Ann.”
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