In Re Inquiry Concerning a Judge

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

This case presents the question of whether the Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct (the Commission) acted within the authority given to it by the Alaska Constitution in publicly reprimanding a judge.

In 1986 Appellant 1 was served with a formal complaint regarding actions by Appellant in a judicial capacity that arose out of events which occurred in 1985. Appellant contested the complaint, and a hearing was conducted before the Commission.

The Commission concluded that there was insufficient evidence to support a finding of an actual impropriety committed by Appellant.…