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          education programs and administering oaths of office of public              
          officials.                                                                  
               In 1992, petitioner ran for reelection as a Justice of the             
          Mississippi Supreme Court and was defeated.  Petitioner resigned            
          from the court on August 31, 1992, and began teaching at Fordham            
          University School of Law in New York in September 1992 as a                 
          visiting professor. In January 1993, petitioner returned to                 
          Jackson, Mississippi, and entered private practice.                         
          Federal Income Tax Returns                                                  
               For each of the years in issue, petitioners filed a joint              
          Federal tax return.  Petitioners reported adjusted gross income of          
          $110,841.08 for 1990, $113,362.55 for 1991, and $138,690 for 1992.          
               Petitioner's wage and salary income (before retirement                 
          contributions) for the years in issue was as follows:                       
                                   1990          1991       1992                      
               Supreme Court       $75,000     $75,195     $49,988                    
               Univ. of Miss.       15,000      14,642       7,483                    
               Fordham Univ.          ---         ---       49,185                    
                    Total          90,000      89,837     106,656                     
               Petitioner was reimbursed by the State of Mississippi for              
          travel, lodging, and meal expenses incurred while attending                 
          Mississippi Supreme Court sessions in Jackson and returning to              
          Oxford.  At the end of each month, petitioner prepared a schedule           
          of expenses and submitted them to the financial officer of the              
          court for reimbursement, and a check would be issued in that amount         
          to petitioner within 8 to 10 days.  Petitioners did not report the          




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