· 4/6/1979
McKenney v. Commission on Judicial Conduct
Citations
- 388 N.E.2d 666
- 377 Mass. 790
- 1979 Mass. LEXIS 1110
How courts have described this case
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- Commission on Judicial Conduct has no authority to investigate alleged judicial misconduct until a complaint has been filed with it
- Commission on Judicial Conduct has no authority to investigate alleged judicial misconduct until a complaint has been filed with it
- postenactment affidavit of House Chairman of Committee on Judiciary is not relevant legislative history
- evidence of statements attributed to individual legislators as to their motives in considering legislation are not an appropriate source from which to discover the intent of the legislation
- postenactment affidavit of House Chairman of Committee on Judiciary is not relevant legislative history
- state law requiring complaint to be signed under pains and penalties of perjury does not require signer to have personal knowledge; however, lack of first hand knowledge could have bearing on whether complaint is worthy of investigation
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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Braucher, Kaplan, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams
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