IN RE COOKS

No. 96-O-1447.

694 So.2d 892 (1997)

In re Judge Sylvia R. COOKS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy C. Chachere, Steven Robert Scheckman, Hugh M. Collins, Ph.D., New Orleans, Timothy J. Palmatier, Metairie, Katherine Maris Mattes, New Orleans, for Applicant.

Sylvia Rita Cooks, Lafayette, John Michael Veron, Lake Charles, for Respondent.


VICTORY, Justice.

This is a disciplinary proceeding against Judge Sylvia R. Cooks, Court of Appeal, Louisiana Third Circuit. The Judiciary Commission of Louisiana (the "Commission") conducted a hearing and issued findings of fact and conclusions of law, finding that Judge Cooks violated Canons 1, 2 and 3 of the Code of Judicial Conduct (1976) and the provisions of La. Const. art. V, § 25(C), and recommended public censure. Thereafter, the Commission held another...

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