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CAUDILL v. JUDICIAL ETHICS COMMITTEE

Nos. 97-SC-000856-OA, 97-SC-000870-OA and 97-SC-000893-OA.

986 S.W.2d 435 (1999)

Danny P. CAUDILL (Circuit Judge—31st Judicial Circuit), Iris Caudill, Appellants, v. Judicial Ethics Committee, Appellee. Stephen L. Bates (District Judge—15th Judicial District), Appellant, v. Judicial Ethics Committee, Appellee. Eddie C. Lovelace, Appellant, v. B.M. Westberry (Chairman—Ethics Committee of the Kentucky Judiciary); Anthony M. Wilhoit; Stephen P. Ryan; James L. Bowling; Uhel O. Barrickman (Members—Ethics Committee of the Kentucky Judiciary); Danny P. Caudill, Judge—31st Judicial District, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Modified February 18, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Wilson, Wilson & Wilson Law Offices, Jamestown, KY, Brent Caldwell, Stephen G. Amato, McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland PLLC, Lexington, KY, Richard E. Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick, Osborne & Sturgill PSC, Prestonsburg, KY, Richard C. Ward, Penny R. Warren, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Lexington, KY, for appellants.

B.M. Westberry, Paducah, KY, for appellees.

GRAVES, Justice.

This is a review of an opinion of the Judicial Ethics Committee pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 4.310(4). The question under consideration is whether Canon 3B(4) of the Judicial Code of Conduct prohibits a judge from hiring a relative. Circuit Judges Eddie C. Lovelace and Danny P. Caudill, and District Judge Stephen L. Bates all employ their spouses as secretaries or administrative assistants. Joyce Lovelace, Iris Caudill and Lynn Bates were hired...

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