Louisiana Board of Ethics in the Matter of Michelle Barnett

Summary

The court reversed the court of appeal, vacated the Ethics Adjudicatory Board's decision, and dismissed all charges against Michelle Barnett. It held that the Board of Ethics failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that Barnett received a thing of economic value for services rendered to a prohibited source. The court further rejected treating her husband's compensation or the marital community property regime as sufficient to establish a statutory violation.