MATTER OF GOLDSTON

No. 20-0742.

866 S.E.2d 126 (2021)

In the MATTER OF: the Honorable Louise E. GOLDSTON, Judge of the Thirteenth Family Court Circuit.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: November 18, 2021.

Dissenting Opinion of Justice Wooton November 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa A. Tarr, Esq. , Brian J. Lanham, Esq. , Judicial Disciplinary Counsel, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for West Virginia Judicial, Investigation Commission.

Andrew S. Nason, Esq. , Pepper & Nason, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for Respondent Goldston.

Susan Shelton Perry, Esq. , Logan, West Virginia, Attorney for Amicus Curiae, Family, Judicial Association.


In this judicial disciplinary proceeding, a family court judge searched a self-represented party's home for marital property. When the homeowner protested, the judge responded to the homeowner's resistance by threatening to jail him for contempt. This interaction was recorded, and the recording soon appeared on the internet.<...

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