Legal Opinion
In re Thayer
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided August 15, 2000No. JD-2000-001PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
The petitioner, W. Stephen Thayer, III, seeks a writ of prohibition that would bar the New Hampshire Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Conduct (JCC) from continuing to consider allegations of judicial misconduct said to have been committed by him during his tenure as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. We decline to issue the writ.
The JCC opened an investigation into Mr. Thayer’s conduct as a member of the supreme court in response to a June 1999 letter from Mr. Thayer. On March 31, 2000, while the JCC investigation was still underway, then Justice Thayer submitted his…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- In the Matter of ProbertMichigan Supreme Court · 1981
- Matter of YaccarinoSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1985
- Judicial Inquiry & Review Board v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Royer v. State Department of Employment SecuritySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1978
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3Cited by9 opinions
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