Legal Opinion

Boggan v. JUDICIAL INQUIRY COM'N OF STATE

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 3, 1999No. 1981192PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Jerry Boggan, judge of probate of Wilcox County, was found guilty of violating certain of the Alabama Canons of Judicial Ethics and was removed from office by the vote of five members of the Court of the Judiciary. The two other members of the Court found that "[t]here is no question that Judge Boggan is guilty of the charges found by this Court," but felt that removal from office was an excessive penalty.

This matter was before the Court of the Judiciary on a complaint filed by the Judicial Inquiry Commission against Judge Boggan. The complaint charged violations of the Alabama Canons of…

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. BMW of North America, Inc. v. GoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Hammond v. City of GadsdenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1986
  3. Green Oil Co. v. HornsbySupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  4. Dolvin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1980
  5. BMW of North America, Inc. v. GoreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Butler v. ALABAMA JUDICIAL INQUIRY COM'NSupreme Court of Alabama · 2001
  2. Moore v. JUDICIAL INQUIRY COM'N OF STATESupreme Court of Alabama · 2004
  3. Moore v. Alabama Judicial Inquiry CommissionSupreme Court of Alabama · 2017
  4. Robert Butler v. The Alabama Judicial InquiryCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
  5. N.J.J. v. Wesfam Restaurants, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2008

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