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NICHOLSON v. JUDICIAL COMM.

50 N.Y.2d 597 (1980)

In the Matter of Gary Nicholson et al., Appellants-Respondents, v. State Commission on Judicial Conduct et al., Respondents-Appellants. (And 5 Other Proceedings.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice N. Nessen and Susan C. Ervin for appellants-respondents.

Raymond S. Hack, Gerald Stern and Seth Halpern for respondents-appellants.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES and WACHTLER concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judge FUCHSBERG dissents in part and votes to modify in a separate opinion; Judge MEYER dissents in part and votes to affirm in a memorandum in which Judge GABRIELLI concurs.

Per Curiam.

This appeal involves a challenge under the Federal Constitution and State law to the authority of the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct to investigate alleged improprieties by MARIE LAMBERT in the conduct of her 1977 campaign for election as Surrogate of New York County.

The litigation has a tortured history, originating in oral and written complaints received by the commission concerning...

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