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Judicial Misconduct
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Can procedural injustice produce substantive justice?
Main October 31, 2006Can procedural injustice produce substantive justice?An interesting state sentencing case reported in this article from Utah highlights the uncertain relationship between procedural and substantive sentencing justice. Here…
Legal Profession Blog
Judge Declares Mistrial After Lawyer Accuses Him of JUI or Judging While Intoxicated
Posted by Alan ChildressAn Illinois state ALJ, in a Chicago-area case about alleged "locksmith fraud," said Monday he had to declare a mistrial because of the "personal attacks you've [the…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
And Now Probate Judges Behaving Badly
Recently on this blog, here and here, I reported on attorneys who have traveled to the "dark side" of probate practice. It seems that judges are also not immune from…
Family Law Prof Blog
Evidence Sufficient to Force New York Judge Accused of “Fixing” Certain Divorce Cases to Stand Trial
By Family Law
The New York Court of Appeals ruled Friday that there was sufficient evidence to warrant a criminal action against a Brooklyn Judge to proceed. The judge is accused of accepting…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Fascinating follow-ups revealing sentencing’s ugly underbelly
Main January 19, 2006Fascinating follow-ups revealing sentencing's ugly underbellyBoth the MSM and the blogosphere have provided fascinating follow-ups on two fronts I have been following lately:This article from North Carolina…
Media Law Prof Blog
Judge Apologizes for Letters to Boston Herald Publisher
The judge who won a libel judgment against the Boston Herald is back in the headlines. He has been writing to the paper's publisher Patrick Purcell, apparently urging him to…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Consecutive Discipline Appropriate for Family Law Magistrate’s Sexual Assault of Petitioners
By Family Law
The West Virginia Supreme Court censured a magistrate judge, imposing four one-year suspensions and fines totaling $20,000, in a case in which the magistrate judge had sexually assaulted women, two…
Media Law Prof Blog
Judge Dismissed; Mishandled Case and Took Money For Making Pilot for Reality Series
We may not be seeing a reality series called "Mobile Court" any time soon. The judge who tested for it by filming a pilot episode in a strip club has…
Bankruptcy Litigation Blog 2.0
A Complaint of Judicial Misconduct: Sua Sponte Withdrawal of Reference Brings Trouble for District Court Judge
The Ninth Circuit has issued an opinion, titled In re Complaint of Judicial Misconduct, addressing a judicial misconduct complaint filed against a district judge, Manuel Real, in February 2003. The…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Southern Happenings
By Ellen Podgor
In Mississippi the Clarion-Ledger reports that State Supreme Court Judge Diaz was found not guilty on all counts. (see here) Other defendants in this case had somewhat mixed verdicts -…