Legal Opinion
In re Sims
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 29, 1984PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Petitioner, an attorney, became a Judge of the Buffalo City Court December 27, 1977. Before taking office she practiced law with her husband, also an attorney in the Buffalo area. She initiated this proceeding to review a determination of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct censuring her for certain acts of judicial misconduct occurring during 1978 and 1979, acts by which petitioner appeared to demonstrate favoritism to her husband and his clients. The commission by a divided vote sustained 10 charges against her, with one dissent as to charges II and IX and dismissed…
3Cases cited9 opinions
- Nicholson v. State Commission on Judicial ConductNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Spector v. State Commission on Judicial ConductNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- In re ShillingNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Aldrich v. State CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- In re SteinbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
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4Cited by24 opinions
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- Matter of DuckmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- In re MyersNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
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