Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-31-1 (2026)
and 97-31-3 - [Repealed]
✓ current as of July 2026
Repealed by Laws, 1988, ch. 562, § 3, eff. 7/1/1988.
§ 97-31-1. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, §§ 2160, 2161; 1930, § 2025; 1942, § 2664; Laws, 1916, ch. 104; 1934, ch. 172] § 97-31-3. [Codes, Hemingway's 1917, §§ 2162, 2163; 1930, § 2026; 1942, § 2665; Laws, 1916, ch. 104]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 1980–1997 · leading case: Dunagin v. City of Oxford, Miss., 489 F. Supp. 763 (N.D. Miss. 1980).
Dunagin v. City of Oxford, Miss., 489 F. Supp. 763 (N.D. Miss. 1980). “He stated that the Oxford Eagle had aggeed to discontinue advertising of beer or other intoxicating beverages but that The Daily Mississippian continued to advertise beer in violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-31-1 (1972), which makes unlawful the publishing of a newspaper that…”
Lamar Outdoor Advert., Inc. v. Mississippi State Tax Comm'n, 539 F. Supp. 817 (S.D. Miss. 1982). “Section 97-31-1 (1972) provides in pertinent part: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, or any servant, official or employee thereof, (1) to advertise upon any street car, railroad car, or other vehicle of transportation, or at any public place…”
State v. Roderick, 704 So. 2d 49 (Miss. 1997). “§ 97-31-1 (1972), ET SEQ. IS UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VOID FOR VAGUENESS AND DOES NOT PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS OF THE CRIMES OF WHICH THEY ARE ACCUSED? ¶ 10 The State argues that Miss.”
Lamar Outdoor Advert., Inc. v. Mississippi State Tax Comm'n, 701 F.2d 314 (5th Cir. 1983). “Miss.Code Ann. §§ 97-31-1 et seq. (1972).”
Dunagin v. City of Oxford, 718 F.2d 738 (5th Cir. 1983). “This section shall not be construed so as to prohibit the commission from promulgating rules and regulations permitting the holder of an on-premises retailer’s permit to include in signs located on the holder’s premises and in advertisements of the holder’s principal business,…”
Kathy Dunagin v. The City of Oxford, Mississippi, & the State of Mississippi, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee, 701 F.2d 335 (5th Cir. 1983). “PER CURIAM: Appellants brought this class action to challenge the constitutionality of Miss.Code Ann. § 97-31-1 (1972), which bans the advertising of alcoholic beverages in Mississippi.”
State of Mississippi v. Bryon Roderick (Miss. 1995). “§ 97-31-1 (1972), ET SEQ. IS UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VOID FOR VAGUENESS AND DOES NOT PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS OF THE CRIMES OF WHICH THEY ARE ACCUSED? ¶10.”
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