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MATTER OF DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING AGAINST BLAUVELT

No. J.D. 5.

115 Wn.2d 735 (1990)

801 P.2d 235

In the Matter of the Disciplinary Proceeding Against ARTHUR A. BLAUVELT III, as Judge of the Elma Municipal Court.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 13, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carney, Stephenson, Badley, Smith & Spellman, P.S., by James E. Lobsenz, for the Judge.

Riddell, Williams, Bullitt & Walkinshaw, by David D. Hoff, Howard A. Coleman, and Judith L. Andrews, for Commission on Judicial Conduct.

Paul J. Lawrence on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.

DURHAM, J.

Judge Arthur A. Blauvelt III challenges the Washington Commission on Judicial Conduct's (Commission) ruling that he violated Canon 7 of the Code of Judicial Conduct, and the Commission's recommendation that he be admonished. Canon 7 limits political activity by judges.

We affirm the Commission's conclusion that Judge Blauvelt violated Canon 7 in certain regards. However, we also conclude that the imposition of sanctions against Judge Blauvelt is...

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