STATE v. COM'N ON JUDICIAL FITNESS

SC S37117.

815 P.2d 212 (1991)

311 Or. 530

STATE ex rel. the Honorable Ralph Currin, Plaintiff-Relator, v. COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL FITNESS AND DISABILITY AND DAVID KNOWLES, Executive Director of the Commission On Judicial Fitness and Disability, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided July 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brant M. Medonich, of Kottkamp & O'Rourke, Pendleton, argued the cause and filed the petition and reply for plaintiff-relator.

Janet A. Metcalf, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for defendant. With her on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before PETERSON, C.J., and CARSON, GILLETTE, UNIS, and GRABER, JJ.


GILLETTE, Justice.

This is an original mandamus proceeding. Relator is a judge of the District Court of Umatilla County. Defendants are the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability and its Executive Director (hereafter collectively referred to as "the Commission"). Relator is the subject of a disciplinary proceeding instituted by the Commission, in which it is alleged that Relator, while discharging his duties as a judge, "engaged in conduct which tends to erode...

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