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SPECTOR v. JUDICIAL COMM.

47 N.Y.2d 462 (1979)

In the Matter of Morris E. Spector, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Petitioner, v. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Anolik for petitioner.

Gerald Stern for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES and WACHTLER concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judge FUCHSBERG dissents and votes to reject the determined sanction and impose no sanction, in a separate opinion; Judge MEYER taking no part.

Per Curiam.

It is appropriate in the circumstances disclosed in this record that petitioner be admonished for the appearances of impropriety stemming from appointments made by him of the sons of two other Judges during periods when such other Judges were making appointments of his son.

In June, 1978 a formal complaint was served on petitioner by the Commission on...

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