Legal Opinion
In re Flanagan
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 18, 1997No. 15419PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CALLAHAN, C. J.
Former Superior Court Judge Robert C. Flanagan appeals from the decision of the judicial review council (review council) to censure him publicly for engaging in a consensual sexual relationship with a married court reporter who regularly had been assigned to his courtroom over the course of their relationship.1 Pursuant to General Statutes § 51-51n (a) (l),2 the review council is authorized to censure a judge *160of the Superior Court publicly for a “wilful violation of . . . any canon of judicial ethics . . . ,” as set forth in General Statutes § 51-51Í (a) (2).3 The review…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- In Re RuffaloSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Selling v. RadfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Sanzone v. Board of Police CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- In the Matter of the Petition of SellingSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
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3Cited by27 opinions
- In Re QuirkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1997
- Burton v. MottoleseSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- In Re BarrTexas Supreme Court · 1999
- Konover v. Town of West HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- Abington Ltd. Partnership v. HeubleinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
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