Legal Opinion
In Re Miller
Court of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania
Decided February 1, 2002No. 3 JD 99PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWEENEY, Judge.
I.INTRODUCTION
Before the Court is the Omnibus Motion of the Respondent district justice to dismiss the Complaint in which he is charged with disseminating information in the course of his campaign for election as judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County which, allegedly, misrepresented his position and qualifications in violation of Canon 7 of the Code of Judicial Conduct.
In his Motion, Respondent advances three reasons for dismissal asserting:
1. This Court does not have jurisdiction,
2. Canon 7 is an unconstitutional regulation of speech, and
3. The cited campaign…
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2Cases cited31 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. BatchelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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