10/27/2010 - Hand Down and published opinions in WordPerfect/ZIP format

EN BANC
  2010-EC-01682-SCT

Billy G. Rayner, in His Official Capacity as Circuit Clerk of Jasper County, Mississippi, and as a Qualified Member of the Voting Electorate of the Thirteenth Circuit Court District of the State of Mississippi; Cindy Jensen, in Her Official Capacity as Circuit Clerk of Simpson County, Mississippi, and as a Qualified Member of the Voting Electorate of the Thirteenth Circuit Court District of the State of Mississippi; Anthony Grayson, in His Official Capacity as Circuit Clerk of Smith County, Mississippi, and as a Qualified Member of the Voting Electorate of the Thirteenth Circuit Court District of the State of Mississippi, and Richard Felton Aultman, in His Official Capacity as Election Commissioner of Covington County, Mississippi, and as a Qualified Member of the Voting Electorate of the Thirteenth Circuit Court District of the State of Mississippi v. Haley Barbour, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Mississippi and as a Member of the State Board of Election Commissioners; Delbert Hosemann, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of State of the State of Mississippi, as the Chief Election Officer of the State of Mississippi, and as a Member of the State Board of Election Commissioners; and Jim Hood, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of Mississippi and as a Member of the State Board of Election Commissioners; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-10-852CIV; Ruling Date: 10/13/2010; Ruling Judge: Henry Lackey; Disposition: Petition for Expedited Appeal filed by appellants is granted. See opinion of this Court handed down this date.

Billy G. Rayner, in His Official Capacity as Circuit Clerk of Jasper County, Mississippi, and as a Qualified Member of the Voting Electorate of the Thirteenth Circuit Court District of the State of Mississippi; Cindy Jensen, in Her Official Capacity as Circuit Clerk of Simpson County, Mississippi, and as a Qualified Member of the Voting Electorate of the Thirteenth Circuit Court District of the State of Mississippi; Anthony Grayson, in His Official Capacity as Circuit Clerk of Smith County, Mississippi, and as a Qualified Member of the Voting Electorate of the Thirteenth Circuit Court District of the State of Mississippi, and Richard Felton Aultman, in His Official Capacity as Election Commissioner of Covington County, Mississippi, and as a Qualified Member of the Voting Electorate of the Thirteenth Circuit Court District of the State of Mississippi v. Haley Barbour, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Mississippi and as a Member of the State Board of Election Commissioners; Delbert Hosemann, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of State of the State of Mississippi, as the Chief Election Officer of the State of Mississippi, and as a Member of the State Board of Election Commissioners; and Jim Hood, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of Mississippi and as a Member of the State Board of Election Commissioners; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-10-852CIV; Ruling Date: 10/13/2010; Ruling Judge: Henry Lackey; Majority Opinion: Chandler, J. Disposition: On Direct Appeal: Affirmed. On Cross-Appeal: Affirmed. Appellants taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Waller, C.J., Carlson and Graves, P.JJ., Lamar and Kitchens, JJ., Concur. Randolph, J., Concurs in Result Only With Separate Written Opinion Joined In Part by Pierce, J. Pierce, J., Concurs in Result Only With Separate Written Opinion Joined In Part by Randolph, J. Dickinson, J., not participating. Concur in Result Only Opinion: Randolph, J. Votes: Pierce, J., Joins This Opinion in Part. Concur in Result Only Opinion: Pierce, J. Votes: Randolph, J., Joins This Opinion in Part.