Matter of Sylvester

OPINION OF THE COURT

STOUT, Justice.

This is the tenth case having the same genesis as the eight cases reported as In re Cunningham, 517 Pa. 417, 538 A.2d 473 (1988). Like the ninth case, In re Braig, 520 Pa. 409, 554 A.2d 493 (1989), it has a happier ending.

As in Cunningham, the Judicial Inquiry and Review Board [hereinafter “J.I.R.B.” or “Board”] instituted formal proceedings against Respondent, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, following public disclosures resulting from a labor racketeering investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

On October…