MATTER OF GREENFIELD


76 N.Y.2d 293 (1990)

In the Matter of Edward J. Greenfield, a Justice of the Supreme Court, First Judicial District, Petitioner. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton S. Gould, Jonathan D. Kantor and Jay Fischer for petitioner.

Robert H. Tembeckjian and Gerald Stern for respondent.

Leon D. Lazer, David Lazer and Daniel M. Cohen for the Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges TITONE, HANCOCK JR., and BELLACOSA concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judge SIMONS dissents and votes to accept the determined sanction in an opinion in which Judge ALEXANDER concurs; Judge KAYE taking no part.


Per Curiam.

The Commission on Judicial Conduct has found the petitioner, a Justice of the Supreme Court in Manhattan, guilty of misconduct for failing to render decisions promptly in eight cases pending before him. The Commission also determined that a censure is the appropriate sanction. Petitioner has requested review pursuant to the State Constitution which confers on this court...

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