Legal Opinion
In Re Bell
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 10, 2011No. M2010-01447-SC-R3-CJPublishedCited by 4 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · ClarkCornelia A. Clark, C.J.
JANICE M. HOLDER, GARY R. WADE, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
In this direct appeal of a judicial disciplinary proceeding, we are asked to review the Court of the Judiciary’s decision that Cocke County General Sessions Court Judge John A. Bell violated various canons of the Tennessee Code of Judicial Conduct, resulting in sanctions that included a ninety-day suspension. The Court of the Judiciary found that Judge Bell violated the Code by taking nine months to decide the complainant’s personal injury action, rehearing the case without disclosing to a new party…
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