LONG v. JUDICIAL RETIREMENT & REMOVAL COMMISSION


610 S.W.2d 614 (1980)

Judge Samuel C. LONG of the 37th Judicial District, Appellant, v. The JUDICIAL RETIREMENT & REMOVAL COMMISSION of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

December 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Wessell and Jerry Anderson, Oakley & Anderson, Lexington, for appellant.

Robert Rawlins, Lexington, for appellee.


OPINION OF THE COURT*

This is a judicial review of an action of the Judicial Retirement and Removal Commission pursuant to Ky.Const. section 121 and SCR 4.290.

In a nutshell, the Commission found that Judge Long knowingly used his office as district judge to protect the bootlegging industry in Morgan County. We have examined the record and are unable to say that it was unreasonable for the Commission, as a fact finder, to be...

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