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Mississippi high court upholds price-gouging law
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2011/03/11 11:55
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pThe Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the state's price-gouging law./ppThe justices Thursday unanimously overturned a Winston County judge's ruling that the law was unconstitutionally vague./ppChancellor J. Max Kilpatrick's ruling came in 2008 as he rejected Attorney General Jim Hood's lawsuit accusing a Mississippi oil company of charging too much for fuel after Hurricane Katrina. Kilpatrick has since retired from the bench./ppThe Supreme Court sent the case back to Winston County to determine if Fair Oil Co. in Louisville violated the law./ppFair Oil was one of two companies Hood sued in 2007. The lawsuit, which represents only one side of a legal argument, accused the company of gouging consumers after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.
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