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at the University of Mississippi School of Law (the law school) in
University, Mississippi (which is adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi,
and which we will refer to as Oxford). At that time, Mrs.
Robertson started to work as the news director in the public
relations department at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.
On January 17, 1983, the Governor of Mississippi appointed
petitioner a Justice on the Mississippi Supreme Court,
Mississippi's highest court. Petitioner was appointed to fill a
retired Justice's unexpired term which was to end on December 31,
1984. In November 1983, because there were more than 9 months left
in the unexpired term, petitioner was required under Mississippi
law to stand for election for the remainder of the term.
Petitioner was elected without opposition. In 1984, petitioner ran
for reelection, with opposition, and won a full 8-year term that
expired on December 31, 1992.
The Mississippi Supreme Court, which is situated in Jackson,
Mississippi, consists of nine Justices and is divided into three
districts (northern, central, and southern); three Justices are
elected to each of the three districts. Petitioner was elected to
the Third (Northern) District (which included Oxford).
After petitioner's appointment and subsequent election to the
Mississippi Supreme Court, he continued to teach one course each
semester (except during the summer) at the law school in Oxford.
As an adjunct professor, petitioner was given an office at the law
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