Legal Opinion
Mantell v. New York State Commission
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 30, 1999PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward H. Lehner, J.
The central issue on this motion is whether a writ of mandamus is available to require that respondent New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct (Judicial Commission) *1028investigate an attorney’s complaint in which he charges that a particular New York City Criminal Court Judge violated the standards of judicial conduct during a court hearing.
On September 14, 1998 petitioner appeared before a Criminal Court Judge in New York County representing a defendant. Four days later petitioner lodged a complaint with the Judicial Commission alleging that the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wayte v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Nicholson v. State Commission on Judicial ConductNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Hassan v. Magistrates' CourtNew York Supreme Court · 1959
- New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct v. DoeNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Rosenstein v. State of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007