Case Name: Joanne WARREN and A. G. Warren, Individually and as Father and Next Friend of Aaron Warren, Keith Warren, Xavier Warren and Bruce Warren, Minors v. The CITY OF GULFPORT
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1980-01-23
Citations: 378 So. 2d 1098
Docket Number: No. 51571
Parties: Joanne WARREN and A. G. Warren, Individually and as Father and Next Friend of Aaron Warren, Keith Warren, Xavier Warren and Bruce Warren, Minors v. The CITY OF GULFPORT.
Judges: SMITH and ROBERTSON, P. JJ., and WALKER, BROOM, LEE, and COFER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 378
Pages: 1098–1099

Head Matter:
Joanne WARREN and A. G. Warren, Individually and as Father and Next Friend of Aaron Warren, Keith Warren, Xavier Warren and Bruce Warren, Minors v. The CITY OF GULFPORT.
No. 51571.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Jan. 23, 1980.
Rushing & Guice, Robert A. Willemoes, Biloxi, for appellants.
Graves, Riley, Meadows & Walker, Robert H. Walker, Gulfport, for appellee.

Opinion:
SUGG, Justice, for the Court:
The sole question in this case is whether this Court should abolish the doctrine of sovereign immunity.
The Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Harrison County sustained defendant's demurrer to plaintiffs' declaration holding that the City was not liable under the doctrine of sovereign immunity. We affirm and decline to abolish the doctrine of sovereign immunity for the reasons stated in Jones v. Knight, 373 So.2d 254 (Miss.1979) and numerous other cases on this question.
AFFIRMED.
SMITH and ROBERTSON, P. JJ., and WALKER, BROOM, LEE, and COFER, JJ., concur.
PATTERSON, C. J., and BOWLING, J., dissent.