Adams v. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

NEALON, Chief Judge.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

I. FACTS

On November 6, 1979, Richard P. Adams of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, was elected a district justice. 1 His term was scheduled to last six years. In January of 1980, however, he announced his intention to run for Congress. Pennsylvania law requires a district justice to “resign his office when he becomes a candidate either in a party primary or in a general election for a non-judicial office.” 2 The Commonwealth’s Judicial Inquiry and Review Board (“Board”), which is charged with responsibility to enforce the rules regulating judicial conduct,…