Case Details

Issues

Attorney General's Ability To Pay Outside, Contracted Attorneys From A Contingency Fund

Filing State

MS

Court

Mississippi Chancery Court, Hinds County

Year

2010

Citation

Hood ex rel. Mississippi v. Microsoft, No. C2004-1542 (Chancery Ct. Hinds Cty., Miss., April 28, 2010)

Resolution

The fee award for outside hired attorneys was reasonable and did not exceed recognized bar rates for similar services

Case Description

The state auditor challenged the award of attorneys’ fees, on the grounds that such an award must come “out of the attorney general’s contingent fund, or out of any other funds appropriated to the attorney general’s office.” The court distinguished between appropriated funds and those from the “attorney general’s contingent fund,” which is not defined in the statute.