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DYE v. STATE EX REL. HALE

No. 57895.

507 So.2d 332 (1987)

Brad DYE, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Mississippi and President of the Senate of the State of Mississippi v. The STATE of Mississippi, EX REL. Richard Stephen HALE and Gene Taylor, Members of the Senate of the State of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. and Robert L. Gibbs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellants.

Paul M. Neville, Jackson, for appellees.

Luther T. Munford, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, for amicii curiae.

En Banc.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I. Overview

The powers of the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Mississippi are at issue this day. Historically considered enigmatic if not schizophrenic by the political scientist, a fifth wheel on the wagon of government and often a political graveyard in the parlance of the practical, the office of our Lieutenant Governor has in recent years grown greatly in influence and effect, so much so that two Senators...

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