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In re Cioppa

Court of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania

Decided June 5, 2012No. 4 JD 12PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge CELLUCCI.

I.INTRODUCTION

The Judicial Conduct Board (“Board”) filed a Complaint with this Court on April 20, 2012 against Magisterial District Judge Ross C. Cioppa (“Respondent”). The Complaint charges that Respondent has engaged in uninvited and unwanted sexual contact with two female litigants in his court and that Respondent was indicted by a grand jury for such conduct for the following crimes: (1) Bribery, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 4701(a)(2) (two counts), a felony of the third degree; (2) Official Oppression, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5301(1) (two counts), a misdemeanor of the second degree;…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Habecker v. Nationwide InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  2. In Re SmithCourt of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania · 1996
  3. In Re CicchettiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  4. In Re TrkulaCourt of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania · 1997
  5. In Re JoyceCourt of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania · 1998

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In re RocaCourt of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania · 2016
  2. In re SegalCourt of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania · 2016
  3. In re SingletaryCourt of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania · 2012
  4. In re ArnoldCourt of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania · 2012
  5. In re LiberaceCourt of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania · 2014

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