Legal Opinion
Council on Judicial Complaints v. Maley
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 31, 1980No. 54168PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMMS, Justice:
In this application for extraordinary relief we are asked to determine the nature and extent of the confidentiality surrounding a complaint lodged against a judge with the Council on Judicial Complaints.
Petitioners are the Council and its ex-of-ficio Secretary, Marvin Emerson. They ask this Court to assume original jurisdiction and prohibit Respondent District Judge from enforcing his order requiring Council, through Emerson, to answer written discovery inquiries in a libel action brought by a lawyer against the Oklahoma Publishing Company (OPUBCO). The subject of the inquiries…
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- In Re Complaint Against "Judge Anonymous"Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1978
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