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IN RE JOHNSTONE

No. S-8387.

2 P.3d 1226 (2000)

In the matter of the proceeding under AS 22.30.070(c) in relation to Karl S. JOHNSTONE, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 12, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George N. Hayes and Donald C. Thomas, Delaney, Wiles, Hayes, Gerety, Ellis & Young, Inc., Anchorage, for Petitioner.

Matthew D. Jamin and Walter W. Mason, Jamin, Ebell, Schmitt & Mason, Kodiak, Special Counsel to the Judicial Conduct Commission, for the Commission.

Before BRYNER, Justice, MANNHEIMER, PENGILLY, STEINKRUGER, and ZERVOS, Justices pro tem.

Order On Petitioner's Motion, July 12, 2000.

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

The Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct recommended to this court that former Superior Court Judge Karl Johnstone be publicly reprimanded for creating an appearance of impropriety in the hiring of Richard McVeigh as coroner for the Third Judicial District of Alaska. We reject Judge Johnstone's contention that the judge's retirement divested the commission of jurisdiction...

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