BATON ROUGE mdash; A committee under the Louisiana Supreme Court said a candidate for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court violated judicial ethics by making a false statement about his campaign rival at the Baton Rouge Press Club.At the event, 22nd Judicial District Judge William Burris claimed that his opponent, Judge Blair Downing Edwards, received a loan from Smitty's Supply a few years prior to the company's appearance before the judge at the First Circuit, where they won.nbsp;The Louisiana Judicial Campaign Oversight Committee said Edwards did not receive a loan but instead granted a mortgage to Big 4 Investments, which is a separate entity from Smitty's Supply.nbsp;The committee found the false statement made by Burris to be in violation of Canon 7A of the Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, which states that a judge shall not knowingly make a false statement concerning the identity, qualifications, present position or other fact concerning an opponent.nbsp;Permalink| Comments ...read more read less