In Re Inquiry Concerning a Judge

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the court must independently evaluate the evidence in a judicial conduct case
• holding that the court must independently evaluate the evidence in a judicial conduct case
• applying the ABA Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions in case involving judicial misconduct
• Supreme Court is “entrusted with the ultimate decision in matters of judicial qualifications” and will “independently evaluate the evidence of record”
• “Because the purpose of judicial discipline is to protect the public rather than punish the individual judge, the proceeding is neither civil nor criminal but sui generis”
• “Because the purpose of judicial discipline is to protect the public rather than punish the individual judge, the proceeding is neither civil nor criminal but sui generis.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).