MATTER OF HOPKINS


566 A.2d 1011 (1989)

In the Matter of The Honorable William J. HOPKINS, Jr., a Judicial Officer.

Delaware Court on the Judiciary.

Decided November 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Liguori, Hudson, Jones, Jaywork, Williams & Liguori, Dover, for respondent.

Charles P. Brandt, Brandt and Dalton, P.A., Wilmington, assigned as presenter.

Before CHRISTIE, C.J., HORSEY, MOORE, WALSH, and HOLLAND, JJ., ALLEN, Chancellor, and STIFTEL, President Judge.


CHRISTIE, Chief Justice:

A written complaint against Judge William J. Hopkins, Jr. was filed on February 16, 1989, by the Acting Administrator of the Justice of the Peace Courts alleging that Judge Hopkins was guilty of wilful misconduct in connection with a violation by him of the Delaware Judges' Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3 A(3).1 The Court on the Judiciary, acting pursuant to the provisions of art. IV, § 37 of the Delaware...

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