MISSISSIPPI ETHICS COM'N v. GRISHAM

No. 2006-CA-00902-SCT.

957 So.2d 997 (2007)

MISSISSIPPI ETHICS COMMISSION v. Dennis C. GRISHAM.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 7, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chadwick Dale Montgomery, attorney for appellant.

B. Sean Akins, Ripley, attorney for appellee.

Before WALLER, P.J., DICKINSON and RANDOLPH, JJ.


RANDOLPH, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. The bid of a construction company owned by a Tippah County Supervisor's step-son was accepted by the Tippah County Board of Supervisors ("Board"). Thereafter, the Mississippi Ethics Commission ("Commission") sought declaratory judgment arguing that step-children are "relative[s]" under Miss.Code Ann. § 25-4-105(1) which provides, in part, that "[n]o public servant shall use his official position to obtain pecuniary...

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