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IN RE ROCA

No. 42 EAP 2016.

173 A.3d 1176 (2017)

IN RE: ANGELES ROCA FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. Appeal of: Angeles Roca.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: November 22, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Marie Kotula, Esq. , PA Department of State, for Participant Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation.

City Commissioners of Philadelphia, Participant pro se.

Samuel C. Stretton, Esq. , for Appellant.

Elizabeth Ann Flaherty, Esq. , Robert A. Graci, Esq. , Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania, for Appellee.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Judicial Discipline (the "CJD") removing Appellant from office. One issue we are asked to address is whether that tribunal must apply the doctrine of stare decisis when sanctioning a jurist.

I. Background

The underlying facts were...

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