IN RE CHAISSON

No. 89-O-0526.

549 So.2d 259 (1989)

In re Judge Joel T. CHAISSON, 29th Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Charles.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Capitelli, Richard A. Bordelon, Capitelli & Wicker, New Orleans, for applicant.

Mack Barham, Barham & Assoc., Margaret E. Woodward, New Orleans, for respondent.


COLE, Justice.*

This matter comes before the Court on the recommendation of the Louisiana Judiciary Commission that Judge Joel T. Chaisson be disciplined for alleged violations of Canons 1, 2, 4 and 7 of the Code of Judicial Conduct. The Commission's inquiries concerned Judge Chaisson's involvement in the post-trial settlement of a lawsuit brought by Irvin J. Carmouche, Jr. against the State of Louisiana; Judge Chaisson's role in Carmouche...

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