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GWINN v. STATE ETHICS COMM.

S92A1177.

262 Ga. 855 (1993)

426 S.E.2d 890

GWINN et al. v. STATE ETHICS COMMISSION et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 15, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jenkins & Eels, Frank E. Jenkins III, Steven J. Misner, for appellants.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorney General, C. Theodore Lee, for appellees.

HUNT, Presiding Justice.

The State Ethics Commission determined that appellant Southern General Insurance Company and its president, appellant Gwinn, violated the "Ethics in Government Act," specifically OCGA § 21-5-30.1,1 by placing a full-page newspaper ad supporting the candidacy of the incumbent insurance commissioner who was seeking re-election.2 The State Ethics Commission concluded that the purchase...

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