MATTER OF LEVINE


74 N.Y.2d 294 (1989)

In the Matter of Irving W. Levine, a Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County, Petitioner. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan R. Sobel for petitioner.

Gerald Stern and Jean M. Savanyu for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur in Per Curiam opinion.


Per Curiam.

Petitioner, a Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York, is charged with violating the Rules of Judicial Conduct. The charges are based upon petitioner's promise to a former political leader that he would adjourn a pending case at the leader's request (charge I) and his false statements to agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (charge II). The Commission on Judicial Conduct sustained the charges...

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