ABA Journal: State bar can't discipline judge already reprimanded by judicial regulator, top state court rules

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State bar can't discipline judge already reprimanded by judicial regulator, top state court rules

POSTED JAN 06, 2017 10:47 AM CST

BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS

The North Carolina State Bar can’t pursue an ethics complaint for a judge’s conduct that already resulted in a reprimand by the state’s Judicial Standards Commission, the North Carolina Supreme Court has ruled.

The court ruled in the case of Judge Jerry Tillett of Dare County in a Dec. 21 opinion, ......

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/state_bar_cant_discipline_judge_already_reprimanded_by_judicial_regulator_t

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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