Legal Opinion
In Re Bell
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 1, 2007No. 2006-M-01895-SCTPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
962 So.2d 537 (2007)
In re William C. BELL.
No. 2006-M-01895-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
March 1, 2007.
William E. Spell, Clinton, attorney for appellant.
EN BANC.
DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. Three judicial candidates filed a complaint in the Hinds County Chancery Court claiming that a fourth candidate made a false and misleading statement in violation of both Canon 5 of the Mississippi Code of Judicial Conduct and Section 23-15-977.1 of the Mississippi Election Code. After the chancery court issued a temporary restraining order ("TRO") requiring the defendant to cease making the…
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