Legal Opinion
Matter of Mason
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 1, 2003PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
The Commission on Judicial Conduct sustained five charges of misconduct and determined that petitioner, a Justice of the Supreme Court, should be removed from office (see NY Const, art VI, § 22; Judiciary Law § 44). Based on our review of the evidence, we conclude petitioner has engaged in misconduct warranting removal.
As a preliminary matter, we reject petitioner’s argument that this proceeding must be dismissed and the Commission determination vacated due to a decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York that invalidated two of the…
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