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MS COM'N ON JUDICIAL PERF. v. WILKERSON

No. 2002-JP-02105-SCT.

876 So.2d 1006 (2004)

MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE v. Connie Glen WILKERSON.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 1, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luther T. Brantley, III, attorney for appellant.

Stephen Crampton, Michael J. Deprimo, Tupelo, attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. In the case before us, the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance asks us to sanction a judge for his extra-judicial public statements of his views on the rights of gays and lesbians. We decline to do so and dismiss the Commission's complaint. This is a case of first impression.

FACTS

¶ 2. After reading an article about certain states which have chosen to extend to homosexual partners the...

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