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MATTER OF BENOIT

523 A.2d 1381 (1987)

Matter of Judge John W. BENOIT, Jr.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merle W. Loper (orally), Portland, for Committee on Judicial Responsibility and Disability.

John W. Benoit, Jr. (orally), Skowhegan, pro se.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, SCOLNIK and CLIFFORD, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

This matter invokes the Supreme Judicial Court's original jurisdiction over judicial disciplinary matters.1 The Committee on Judicial Responsibility and Disability (Committee), by its Report dated December 9, 1986, alleges that District Court Judge John W. Benoit, Jr. violated Canons 1, 2(A), and 3(A)(6) of the Code of Judicial Conduct (Code), and that such violations warrant the imposition of formal disciplinary action. The...

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