Hillman T. FRAZIER and Billy (Bill) F. Knox
v.
The STATE of Mississippi, By and Through Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Attorney General of the State of Mississippi and
Donald N. LOGAN, James D. Nunnally, Manuel Killebrew, Douglas L. Anderson, and Perrin H. Purvis, Individually and in Their Official Capacities as Public Officers and Public Servants
v.
The STATE of Mississippi, By and Through the MISSISSIPPI ETHICS COMMISSION, a State Agency; Walter Brown, Ben H. Stone, Mark G. Hazard, Eugene L. Fair, Nina B. Goolsby, John C. Henegan, and Elizabeth C. Powers, Individually and in Their Official Capacities as Members of the Mississippi Ethics Commission
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March 4, 1987.
Rehearing Denied and Opinion Modified April 15, 1987.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John Grisham, Jr., Southaven, H. Scott Ross, Tubb, Stevens & Morrison, West Point, J. Reilly Morse, Bryan, Nelson, Allen, Schroeder & Cobb, Gulfport, Bob Owens, Owens & Owens, Jackson, James W. Craig, Byrd and Associates, Jackson, Azki Shah, Clarksdale, for appellant in No. 57642.
W. Wayne Drinkwater, Jackson, E. Spivey Gault, Lake, Tindall, Hunger & Thackston, Greenville, James P. Coleman, Ackerman, for appellee, in No. 57642.
Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Stephen J. Kirchmayr, Deputy Atty. Gen., Jackson, W. David Watkins, Holmes S. Adams & James W. Young, Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, Jackson, for amicus curiae, in No. 57642.
Isaac K. Byrd, James W. Craig, Byrd & Associates, Jackson, Thomas S. Shuler, McClure & Shuler, Sardis, for appellant, in No. 57359.
Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Pete J. Cajoleas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee, in No. 57359.
L.H. Wilson, McKinley W. Deaver, Jackson, John H. Price, Jr., Dale F. Schwindaman, Jr., Thomas Price, Alston, Jones & Davis, Jackson, W. David Watkins, Holmes Adams & James W. Young, Jr., Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, Jackson, for amicus curiae, in No. 57359.
En Banc.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the court:
The State through Edwin Lloyd Pittman brought an action for declaratory judgment in the chancery court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County against Hillman T. Frazier and Bill F. Knox, alleging they were in violation of Article 4, Section 109 of the Mississippi Constitution. The final decree of that court so found, and the defendants have appealed.
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