Doe v. Commission on Judicial Conduct

OPINION OF THE COURT

Edward H. Lehner, J.

The issues before me in this CPLR article 78 proceeding are: (i) whether the determination of the respondent Commission on Judicial Conduct (the Commission) was valid in view of the fact that one of the six members (the minimum number needed for Commission action) who orally voted for the sanction of "admonition” at a March meeting of the Commission was no longer a member when the majority opinion was "approved” as the determination of the Commission at the April meeting, and (ii) whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to determine the aforesaid…