U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will be the keynote speaker at the Friday’s dedication ceremony for the Carroll Gartin Justice Building in Jackson.

The building houses the Mississippi Supreme Court and the Mississippi Court of Appeals.

The ceremony is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. in the second floor En Banc Courtroom. It will be webcast live on the Supreme Court’s web site, www.mssc.state.ms.us

Other expected speakers include Mississippi Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr., Gov. Haley Barbour and Mississippi Bar President Nina Stubblefield Tollison.

Planning for a new justice building began in 1993 when the Legislature authorized creation of the Court of Appeals and the Administrative Office of Courts.

Construction began in 2001 and was completed in stages. The courts and other entities moved into the facility in 2008.