Legal Opinion
In Re Dunleavy
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 22, 2003PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Majority: RUDMAN, DANA, ALEXANDER, and CALKINS, JJ.
Concurrence: CLIFFORD, and LEVY, JJ.
DANA, J.
[¶ 1] The Committee on Judicial Responsibility and Disability (the Committee) in its report dated February 17, 2003, asserts that Aroostook County Judge of Probate James P. Dunleavy violated Canons 5(A)(3)1 and 5(A)(1)(e)2 of the Judicial *342Code of Conduct (the Code) and recommends that we impose appropriate discipline. We conclude that Judge Dunleavy did violate Canons 5(A)(3) and 5(A)(1)(e), but on these unique facts, impose no discipline.
I. BACKGROUND
[¶ 2] On August 14, 2002, the Committee received…
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