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BARBOUR v. STATE

No. 2008-EC-00115-SCT.

974 So.2d 232 (2008)

Haley BARBOUR, Governor of the State of Mississippi v. The STATE of Mississippi ex rel. Attorney General Jim HOOD.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 6, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hite Colby Lane, John C. Henegan, Michael B. Wallace, Donna Brown Jacobs, Patrick Ryan Beckett, Robert M. Frey, Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Harold Edward Pizzetta, III, Ricky G. Luke, Meredith McCollum Aldridge, attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.

RANDOLPH, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. On December 20, 2007, Governor Haley Barbour ("Governor") issued a Writ of Election establishing November 4, 2008 (a date on which a general congressional election is set), as the date for the special senatorial election to fill the vacancy created by United States Senator Trent Lott's resignation. Thereafter, Attorney General Jim Hood ("Attorney General") filed suit in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, First...

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