MATTER OF SCHIFF


83 N.Y.2d 689 (1994)

635 N.E.2d 286

613 N.Y.S.2d 117

In the Matter of David Schiff, a Justice of the Village Court of Liberty, Petitioner. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Hilpert, Croton-on-Hudson, for petitioner.

Gerald Stern, New York City, Cathleen S. Cenci and Jean M. Savanyu for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH and LEVINE concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judge CIPARICK taking no part.


Per Curiam.

In this proceeding we are called upon to review a determination of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct removing from office petitioner, a Justice of the Liberty Village Court, Sullivan County, after finding that all three discrete charges of misconduct in the formal complaint were sustained (see, NY Const, art VI, § 22; Judiciary Law § 44). The first charge accused petitioner of making an...

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