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WEST VA. JUD. INQUIRY COM'N v. DOSTERT

No. 14747.

271 S.E.2d 427 (1980)

WEST VIRGINIA JUDICIAL INQUIRY COMMISSION v. Judge Pierre E. DOSTERT.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fowler, Paterno & Lane, Charlotte R. Lane, Charleston, for Inquiry Commission.

Rice, Hannis & Douglas, Richard L. Douglas, Martinsburg, for Dostert.

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

Circuit Judge Pierre E. Dostert asks us to review a recommendation by the West Virginia Judicial Review Board that he be publicly censured, suspended without pay for six months, and required to pay the costs of these disciplinary proceedings, for violating our Judicial Code of Ethics.

The West Virginia Judicial Inquiry Commission filed a complaint against Judge Dostert for breaching Canons 2 A and 3 A of the Code.1<...

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