Legal Opinion
Nicholson v. State Commission on Judicial Conduct
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 1, 1980PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
This appeal involves a challenge under the Federal Constitution and State law to the authority of the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct to investigate alleged improprieties by Marie Lambert in the conduct of her 1977 campaign for election as Surrogate of New York County.
The litigation has a tortured history, originating in oral and written complaints received by the commission concerning the solicitation of members of the Bar for attendance at a fund-raising event held on December 4, 1977 by Surrogate Lambert’s supporters. The commission determined to…
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