Miss. Code Ann. § 97-23-83
Threats or coercion to prevent lawful conduct of business
If any person shall in any manner threaten with bodily harm, intimidate or coerce another person to prevent said person from lawfully trading or carrying on business, including buying or selling, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year in the county jail or be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or both.
Codes, 1942, § 2384.5; Laws, 1966, ch. 384, § 1, eff. 2/9/1966.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1975–1980 · leading case: Johnson v. Mississippi
Johnson v. Mississippi (1975)
“5 of the 1942 Code, now recodified as Miss. Code Ann. § 97-23-83 (1972). [6] After filing a notice of appeal, petitioners applied to the District Court for a stay of its mandate remanding the prosecutions to the state courts, which stay was denied.”
NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. (1980)
“Mississippi Code Annotated, section 97-23-83 (1972), adopted and effective from February 9, 1966, a date antedating the beginning of the boycott, makes it a criminal offense to threaten with bodily harm, intimidate, or coerce a person to prevent the offended person from doing…”
Concerned Citizens of Vicksburg v. Sills (1978)
“The grand jury returned indictments against two of the plaintiffs for violation of Miss.Code Ann. § 97-23-83 (1972), and against four others for violation of Miss.”
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