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MTR DIXON v. JUDICIAL COMM.

47 N.Y.2d 523 (1979)

In the Matter of George C. Dixon, a Justice of the Town Court of Ghent and the Village Court of Chatham, Petitioner, v. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 3, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Connor, Curran, Connor, Flint & Schram for petitioner.

Gerald Stern for respondent.

Judges GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judge JASEN dissents and votes to accept the determined sanction in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge COOKE concurs.

Per Curiam.

Petitioner, George Dixon, took office as Justice of the Village Court of Chatham in March of 1973, and as Justice of the Town Court of Ghent in January of 1976. He is not an attorney. As a result of an investigation conducted by the former State Commission on Judicial Conduct, charges were brought against the petitioner for requesting other Judges to accord favorable treatment to two defendants charged...

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