Monday, January 9, 2017

NC Lawyers Weekly: NC state bar can’t discipline sitting judges

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2017/01/09/nc-state-bar-cant-discipline-sitting-judges/

NC state bar can’t discipline sitting judges (access required)

The North Carolina State Bar will not be able to pursue disciplinary action against a Dare County Superior Court judge. The state Supreme Court ruled Dec. 21 that jurisdiction to discipline sitting judges for their conduct while in office rests solely with the state’s Judicial Standards Commission and the Supreme Court, and not with the bar’s ...

http://nclawyersweekly.com/2017/01/09/nc-state-bar-cant-discipline-sitting-judges/

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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


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