State ex rel. Commission on Judicial Qualifications v. White

The respondent, Lyn V. White, a judge of the county court for Douglas County, has been charged with several violations of the Nebraska Code of Judicial Conduct (Code). The charges are based on Judge White’s conduct after a sentence that she imposed, in a case involving a domestic protection order, was reversed on appeal by the district court. This case is not about domestic violence or whether the sentence imposed by Judge White was appropriate. Rather, the issue in this case is whether Judge White’s quarrel with the district court’s decision caused Judge White to abandon the impartiality…