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QUINN v. JUDICIAL CONDUCT

54 N.Y.2d 386 (1981)

In the Matter of William J. Quinn, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Schenectady County, Petitioner, v. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. McDonough and David B. Alford for petitioner.

Stephen Downs, Gerald Stern and Jean M. Savanyu for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur in Per Curiam opinion.

Per Curiam.

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined that petitioner, a Justice of the Supreme Court, should be removed for misconduct. The primary question is whether this sanction is appropriate for petitioner who is suffering from alcoholism and cancer and, as a result of his ill health, had submitted his resignation and applied for retirement prior to the commission's recommended determination of...

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