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IN RE HECHT

No. A-2006-1.

213 S.W.3d 547 (2006)

In re Honorable Nathan HECHT, Texas Supreme Court Justice.

Special Court of Review Appointed by the Supreme Court.

October 20, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson Walker, L.L.P., Charles L. Bab-Cock, Houston, for Petitioner.

Seana Willing, Executive Director, State Com'n on Judicial Conduct of Austin, TX, Mark Greenwald, San Antonio, for The Commission.

Before Justices FITZGERALD, McCLURE, and MAZZANT.

OPINION

Opinion by Justices FITZGERALD and MAZZANT.

I.

This case focuses on whether the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, the judicial "rules of the road," so to speak, prohibit a Texas state judge from speaking out favorably in behalf of a close friend nominated to the United States Supreme Court. This case hinges on the meaning of words in this Code and what words were spoken by the judge. This case involves a composite of two different political...

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