Legal Opinion
In Re Lokuta
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 14, 2011No. 1 MAP 2010PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice EAKIN.
Appellant was elected to a ten-year term as a Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas judge in 1991 and retained to an additional term in 2001. In 2006, the Judicial Conduct Board charged her with: failing to be courteous with others while she was acting in her official capacity; conduct bringing her judicial office into disrepute; failing to promptly dispose of the court’s business; failing to conduct herself at all times in a manner promoting confidence in the judiciary; failing to disqualify herself in a proceeding in which her impartiality may be questioned; and conduct…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
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