COUNCIL ON JUDICIAL COMPLAINTS v. MALEY

No. 54168.

607 P.2d 1180 (1980)

The COUNCIL ON JUDICIAL COMPLAINTS of the State of Oklahoma and Marvin Emerson, Ex-Officio Secretary to the Council on Judicial Complaints, Petitioners, v. John MALEY, District Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing March 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Vassar, Vassar, Craig & Vassar, Chandler, for petitioners.

David Machanic, Washington, D.C., Michael Minnis, Pierson, Ball & Dowd, Oklahoma City, for respondent.


SIMMS, Justice:

In this application for extraordinary relief we are asked to determine the nature and extent of the confidentiality surrounding a complaint lodged against a judge with the Council on Judicial Complaints.

Petitioners are the Council and its ex-officio Secretary, Marvin Emerson. They ask this Court to assume original jurisdiction and prohibit Respondent District Judge from enforcing his order requiring...

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