Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Gilpatric
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 15, 2009No. 196PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
On summary determination, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct sustained one charge of misconduct against petitioner, a City Court Judge, for his failure to render timely decisions in 47 cases over a period of 3x/2 years and concluded that his conduct constituted a pattern of “persistent or deliberate neglect of his judicial duties” {Matter of Greenfield, 76 NY2d 293, 295 [1990]). We modify the determination and conclude that this matter should be remitted to the Commission for a hearing before a referee.
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From 1994 to 2007, petitioner served as a part-time Judge of the…
3Cases cited2 opinions
- In re GreenfieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Matter of WashingtonNew York Court of Appeals · 2003
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