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MATTER OF PETRIE v. STATE COMM'N ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT

54 N.Y.2d 807 (1981)

In the Matter of David W. Petrie, as Justice of the Town Court of Danube, Herkimer County, Petitioner, v. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided September 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Malone, Jr., and Susan S. Boocheever for petitioner.

Raymond S. Hack, Gerald Stern and Seth A. Halpern for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The determination of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct should be accepted.

Petitioner argues that the procedures followed by the commission were beyond its powers and did not afford petitioner due process. The commission is empowered with broad authority to investigate charges of improprieties by members of the judiciary. (Matter of Nicholson v State Comm., 50 N.Y.2d 597.)

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