Matter of Inquiry Concerning Eads

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This proceeding involves charges of violations of canons of judicial ethics by a district judge. See Iowa Const, art. V, § 19; Iowa Code §§ 605.26-.32 (1983); In re Matter of Harned, 357 N.W.2d 300 (Iowa 1984); In the Matter of Carstensen, 316 N.W.2d 889 (Iowa 1982). We examine the record de novo as in an equity appeal. Carstensen, at 891.

The determinative issues are largely factual, requiring us to relate the testimony quite extensively. The testimony discloses facts which are remarkably undisputed. We begin with the testimony which establishes beyond question that…