MATTER OF SIMS


61 N.Y.2d 349 (1984)

In the Matter of Barbara M. Sims, a Judge of the Buffalo City Court, Petitioner. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Hairston for petitioner.

Gerald Stern and Jean M. Savanyu for respondent.

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


Per Curiam.

Petitioner, an attorney, became a Judge of the Buffalo City Court December 27, 1977. Before taking office she practiced law with her husband, also an attorney in the Buffalo area. She initiated this proceeding to review a determination of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct censuring her for certain acts of judicial misconduct occurring during 1978 and 1979, acts by which petitioner appeared to demonstrate...

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