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ADAMS v. COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE

Docket No. S037475.

8 Cal.4th 630 (1994)

882 P.2d 358

34 Cal. Rptr.2d 641

G. DENNIS ADAMS, a Judge of the Superior Court, Petitioner, v. COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

October 31, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, Douglas R. Reynolds, James E. Friedhofer, Susan E. Leonard, Wingert, Grebing, Anello & Brubaker and Charles R. Grebing for Petitioner.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, James D. Dutton and Laura Whitcomb Halgren, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.

OPINION

GEORGE, J.

An impartial and independent judiciary is indispensable to our legal system. Of equal importance is public confidence in the independence and integrity of the judiciary, because the effective functioning of our legal system is dependent upon the public's willingness to accept the judgments and rulings of the courts. (Cal. Code Jud. Conduct, com. to canon 1.)2 As a consequence, California...

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