JUDICIAL CONDUCT v. DOE


61 N.Y.2d 56 (1984)

In the Matter of New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Appellant, v. John Doe, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Stern and Stephen F. Downs for appellant.

William L. Allen, Jr., for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, WACHTLER, MEYER and SIMONS concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judge JONES dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion in which Judge KAYE concurs.


Per Curiam.

Petitioner, New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, commenced an investigation of respondent, a Family Court Judge, after receiving a complaint from Leon and Maude Mead that he had borrowed $32,000 at 10% interest from them and had failed to repay it in one year as promised. The complainants also alleged that respondent failed to honor his promise to give a mortgage on certain property to secure the...

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