In re Cooks

| JOHNSON, Justice, dissenting.

I do not agree that Judge Sylvia Cooks’ conduct warrants public censure.

Canons 1, 2, and 3 of the Code of Judicial Conduct were of little assistance to a new judge struggling to determine whether he/ she should be recused in a particular case. In my experience, the only assistance comes from reading La. C.C.P. Art. 151 and discussing the issue with colleagues who have had actual experience with recusal issues.

What we have in this case is a newly elected Judge who sought to be recused in Abshire v. National Union Fire Insurance, 636 So.2d 226 (La.App. 3rd…