Legal Opinion

Matter of Murphy

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 16, 1993PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

2Per curiam

Petitioner, a Justice of Shandaken Town Court, Ulster County, seeks review of a determination by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct that he should be removed from office (see, NY Const, art VI, § 22 [a]; Judiciary Law § 44 [7]). Of the four charges in the formal complaint, the Commission sustained two: one relating to petitioner’s mishandling of court funds (Charge I), the other imposing discipline for petitioner’s failure to recuse himself (or disclose the relevant facts) in several cases involving a litigant from whom petitioner had once borrowed several hundred…

3Cases cited11 opinions

  1. People v. MorenoNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. People v. SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. Corradino v. CorradinoNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  4. Quinn v. State Commission on Judicial ConductNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  5. In re MyersNew York Court of Appeals · 1986

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4Cited by31 opinions

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  4. McLaughlin v. McLaughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  5. People v. AndersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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