Daily Advance: Tillett, Bar both welcome decision

http://www.dailyadvance.com/News/2016/12/23/Tillett-Bar-both-welcome-decision.html

Tillett, Bar both welcome decision

From staff reports

Friday, December 23, 201

Both sides in the North Carolina State Bar’s disciplinary case against Resident Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett welcomed the N.C. Supreme Court’s decision on Wednesday ordering the case’s dismissal — but for different reasons.

One of Tillett’s attorneys, Norman Shearin of Kitty Hawk, said Thursday his client welcomed the court’s unanimous decision that the State Bar lacked jurisdiction .......

http://www.dailyadvance.com/News/2016/12/23/Tillett-Bar-both-welcome-decision.html

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Court's opinion: https://ncbarvsutton.blogspot.com/2016/12/nc-supreme-court-nc-state-bar-v-tillett.html

Google Scholar citation: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10409962428869454585

All documents in the case: https://www.ncappellatecourts.org/search-results.php?sDocketSearch=208PA15&exact=1

NC Lawyers Weekly Digest (with holding): https://ncbarvsutton.blogspot.com/2017/01/nc-lawyers-weekly-opinion-digest-judges.html

Outer Banks Sentinel: N.C. Supreme Court rules for Judge Tillett

http://www.obsentinel.com/news/n-c-supreme-court-rules-for-judge-tillett/article_498ea26c-c88b-11e6-9ee4-af4a21b51b5a.html

N.C. Supreme Court rules for Judge Tillett

Posted: Thursday, December 22, 2016 4:12 pm

CATHERINE KOZAK | SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL | 0 comments

Decision says state Bar cannot discipline judges

Six years after a minor police stop sparked a series of increasingly tangled legal showdowns, the North Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday Dec. 21 ruled unanimously that the state Bar does not have the power to prosecute Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett for his conduct related to a conflict with the town of Kill Devil Hills.

The Bar’s Disciplinary Hearing Commission had charged Tillett with professional misconduct in March 2015, but Tillett contended that only the state  .....

http://www.obsentinel.com/news/n-c-supreme-court-rules-for-judge-tillett/article_498ea26c-c88b-11e6-9ee4-af4a21b51b5a.html

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Court's opinion: https://ncbarvsutton.blogspot.com/2016/12/nc-supreme-court-nc-state-bar-v-tillett.html

Google Scholar citation: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10409962428869454585

All documents in the case: https://www.ncappellatecourts.org/search-results.php?sDocketSearch=208PA15&exact=1

NC Lawyers Weekly Digest (with holding): https://ncbarvsutton.blogspot.com/2017/01/nc-lawyers-weekly-opinion-digest-judges.html

Outer Banks Voice: Supreme Court orders Bar to dismiss complaint against Tillett

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2016/12/21/supreme-court-orders-bar-to-dismiss-complaint-against-tillett/

Supreme Court orders Bar to dismiss complaint against Tillett

By Outer Banks Voice on December 21, 2016

A five-year effort aimed at removing Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett from the bench has ended with a ruling Wednesday that the North Carolina State Bar had no power to discipline him.

Tillet had already accepted a reprimand from the Judicial Standards Commission when .....

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2016/12/21/supreme-court-orders-bar-to-dismiss-complaint-against-tillett/


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Court's opinion: https://ncbarvsutton.blogspot.com/2016/12/nc-supreme-court-nc-state-bar-v-tillett.html

Google Scholar citation: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10409962428869454585

All documents in the case: https://www.ncappellatecourts.org/search-results.php?sDocketSearch=208PA15&exact=1

NC Lawyers Weekly Digest (with holding): https://ncbarvsutton.blogspot.com/2017/01/nc-lawyers-weekly-opinion-digest-judges.html

Daily Advance: Supreme Court sides with Tillett, orders Bar complaint dismissed

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Supreme Court sides with Tillett, orders Bar complaint dismissed

By William F. West
Staff Writer

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

The state’s highest court has rejected the N.C. State Bar’s attempt to discipline Resident Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett for misconduct, ruling the Bar lacks jurisdiction to punish a sitting judge who has already been disciplined by the N.C. Judicial Standards Commission. 

The N.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday .....

http://www.dailyadvance.com/News/2016/12/21/Supreme-Court-sides-with-Tillett-orders-Bar-complaint-dismissed.html

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Court's opinion: https://ncbarvsutton.blogspot.com/2016/12/nc-supreme-court-nc-state-bar-v-tillett.html

Google Scholar citation: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10409962428869454585

All documents in the case: https://www.ncappellatecourts.org/search-results.php?sDocketSearch=208PA15&exact=1

NC Lawyers Weekly Digest (with holding): https://ncbarvsutton.blogspot.com/2017/01/nc-lawyers-weekly-opinion-digest-judges.html

NSJ Online: State supreme court rules against State Bar

http://www.nsjonline.com/article/2016/12/state-supreme-court-rules-against-state-bar


State supreme court rules against State Bar
By Donna King
December 21st, 2016 1:04 pm

RALEIGH - The N.C. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the North Carolina State Bar state bar Wednesday in a decision that backed up Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett. Tillett filed a request to dismiss disciplinary action against him by the State Bar, arguing that he had already faced discipline for his behavior in ....

http://www.nsjonline.com/article/2016/12/state-supreme-court-rules-against-state-bar

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Court's opinion: https://ncbarvsutton.blogspot.com/2016/12/nc-supreme-court-nc-state-bar-v-tillett.html

Google Scholar citation: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10409962428869454585

All documents in the case: https://www.ncappellatecourts.org/search-results.php?sDocketSearch=208PA15&exact=1 

NC Lawyers Weekly Digest (with holding): https://ncbarvsutton.blogspot.com/2017/01/nc-lawyers-weekly-opinion-digest-judges.html

NC Supreme Court: Nc State Bar v. Tillett (208PA15), Opinion, 2016-12-21

NC Supreme Court Opinion: https://appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=1&pdf=35086

Highlights:

• Chief Justice MARTIN: "The disciplinary process envisioned by the State Bar would be like having the batter critique the umpire’s ball and strike calls, rather than letting the umpire call pitches as he sees them."

All documents in the case: https://www.ncappellatecourts.org/search-results.php?sDocketSearch=208PA15&exact=1

NC Lawyers Weekly Digest: https://ncbarvsutton.blogspot.com/2017/01/nc-lawyers-weekly-opinion-digest-judges.html

NC Lawyers Weekly: NCALJ final report won’t propose restructuring of bar

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2016/12/21/ncalj-final-report-wont-propose-restructuring-of-bar/

NCALJ final report won’t propose restructuring of bar 

By: Phillip Bantz December 21, 2016

The upcoming final report from the North Carolina Commission on the Administration of Law and Justice will not recommend a restructuring of the North Carolina State Bar, according to the co-chair of the panel considering the ......

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2016/12/21/ncalj-final-report-wont-propose-restructuring-of-bar/