Broadman v. Commission on Judical Performance

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that judge acts in judicial capacity when performing function associated with judicial position or when attempting to use authority of office for improper purpose
• affirming a sanction of public censure after explaining that ‘‘a level of discipline may be warranted either by the existence of a pattern of misconduct or by the seriousness of a single incident”
• affirming a sanction of public censure after explaining that “a level of discipline may be warranted either by the existence of a pattern of misconduct or by the seriousness of a single incident”
• “Proportionality review based on discipline imposed in other cases ... is neither required nor determinative. The factual variations from case to case are simply too great to permit a meaningful comparison in many instances.”
• “Proportionality review based on discipline imposed in other cases . . . is neither required nor determinative. The factual variations from case to case are simply too great to permit a meaningful comparison in many instances.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).