Legal Opinion

In Re Hanson

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided February 14, 1975No. 2311PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., and CON-NOR and FITZGERALD, JJ. RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

This petition marks only the second occasion on which a matter originating before the Commission on Judicial Qualifications has reached this court. 1 In this petition Superior Court Judge James A. Hanson asks us to reject the Commission’s recommendation that he be publicly censured for conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that has brought the office of superior court judge into disrepute.

Briefly the procedural background of this disciplinary matter is as follows: In October of 1973, an…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Geiler v. Commission on Judicial QualificationsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Keiner v. City of AnchorageAlaska Supreme Court · 1963
  3. In Re Formal Inquiry Concerning Judge DienerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1973
  4. Sheldon E. Pangburn v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1962
  5. In Re KellySupreme Court of Florida · 1970

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3Cited by71 opinions

  1. In Re Inquiry Concerning Judge NowellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
  2. In Re the Disciplinary Proceeding Against DemingWashington Supreme Court · 1987
  3. West Virginia Judicial Inquiry Commission v. DostertWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
  4. McGinnis v. StevensAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
  5. In the Matter of Del RioMichigan Supreme Court · 1978

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