Legal Opinion
In Re Mussman
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided March 31, 1972No. 6291PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKenison, C.J.
The questions presented in this case are whether the supreme court has any jurisdiction to inquire into the judicial conduct of a district court judge, and if so, whether it may exercise judicial power short of removal from office. The answers to these questions are made more difficult because the historical precedents are not clear and the authorities are divided. Braithwaite, Who Judges the Judges?, A Study of Procedures from Removal and Retirement chs. 1, 11 (1971); see Chandler v. Judicial Council of Tenth Circuit, 398 U.S. 74, 26 L. Ed. 2d 100, 90 S.Ct., 1648 (1970).
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Chandler v. Judicial Council of the Tenth CircuitSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Attorney General v. TuftsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Boody v. WatsonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1886
- In Re Judges of Cedar Rapids Municipal CourtSupreme Court of Iowa · 1964
- Cusack v. HowlettIllinois Supreme Court · 1969
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3Cited by31 opinions
- In Re Formal Inquiry Concerning Judge DienerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1973
- In the Matter of ProbertMichigan Supreme Court · 1981
- Matter of RossSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- Goldman v. BryanNevada Supreme Court · 1988
- In Re FranciscusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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