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Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Opinion 15-32
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Judge as Shareholder in Cooperative Housing Corporation Tax Proceedings Opinion 15-32 Background: The inquiring judge, who presides in tax certiorari cases, says he lives, as a shareholder, in a multiple dwelling owned by a cooperative housing corporation. He is not on the corporation’s board of directors, but has nonetheless […]
Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Opinion 15-62 Amended
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Judge’s Spouse as Principal in LLC Rent to a Partisan Political Organization Opinion 15-62 Amended Background: A full-time judge’s spouse has a principle interest in a limited liability company which owns an apartment building. The spouse wishes to rent the storefront to a partisan political organization. The Judge has […]
Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Opinion 15-16
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Impartiality Village Justice – Village Police Officers Opinion 15-16 Background: A village justice asked if he may preside in cases in which village police officers appear as they are both employees of the village. The justice has no social relationship with the police officers. Opinion: The committee concluded that […]
Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Opinion 15-21
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics County Executive Using Judge’s Name – Touting Public Transit System Opinion 15-21 Background: The inquiring judge learned that the county executive wishes to mention during an upcoming state of the county address that the judge uses a county-run public transit system and the judge finds the service to be […]
Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Opinion 15-43
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Law Clerk Prior Employment – Non-Supervisory Role Opinion 15-43 Background: The inquiring judge recently hired a law clerk who had been employed in a non-supervisory role in a government law office whose attorneys, including the law clerk, regularly appeared in the judge’s court. Opinion: The committee concluded that a […]
Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Opinion 15-07
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Part-time Judge – Public Service Snow Removal – Aiding Law Enforcement Opinion 15-07 Background: The inquiring part-time judge has cleared snow from the driveway of a now-abandoned commercial property near his home without compensation for several years as a courtesy. Members of the public, as well as law enforcement, […]
Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Opinion 15-15
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Full-time Judge Board of Directors – Development Corporation Opinion 15-15 Background: A full-time judge asks if he may serve without pay on the board of directors of a community-based, not-for-profit local development corporation intimately connected with a particular educational institution and which played a significant role in that educational [&hell[...]
Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Opinion 15-47
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Treatment Court Scope of Discretion – Ex Parte Communications Opinion 15-47 Background: The inquiring judge presides in a treatment court and asks if he may require individuals to engage in an exercise program as a condition of participating in the treatment court, absent a medical excuse. He also asks […]
Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Opinion 14-157
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Part-time Judge Non-governmental Association as Client Opinion 14-157 Background: The inquiring part-time judge also serves as counsel to a particular non-governmental association whose members are elected and appointed municipal officials and employees. In this capacity, the judge has no attorney/client relationship with any of those attorneys. The associ[...]
Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Opinion 14-186
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Town Justice Relative is Dog Control Officer Opinion 14-186 Background: The inquiring town justice states that his second-degree relative is the deputy dog control officer for the municipality where the judge presides. The judge asks his ethical obligations when a dog ticket case comes before him. Opinion: The committee […]
Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Opinion 14-153
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Clothing Drive Bin Placement – Courtroom Opinion 14-153 Background: The inquiring judge asks if he may allow a bar association to place collection containers within the courtroom to collect hats, gloves and scarves for distribution to the local armed forces veterans. Opinion: The committee concluded that a judge may […]
Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Opinion 14-154
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Brady Material Prior and Pending Offenses – District Attorney’s Request Opinion 14-154 Background: The inquiring judge asks if it is ethically permissible to comply with a district attorney’s request for a list of all pending offenses, regardless of the level, including traffic infractions. The district attorney stated that the […]
Case Digests
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Review of another judge’s actions: Opinion 22-153
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Charitable contributions: Opinion 22-150
- Second Circuit – Class action settlement: Moses v. The New York Times Company
- Fourth Department – Breach of contract: Hausrath Landscape Maintenance Inc. v. Caravan Facilities Management LLC
- Second Circuit – New York Child Victim’s Act: Kane v. Mount Pleasant CSD; Coe v. Eastport Union Free School
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Appointing law clerk: Opinion 22-149
- Fourth Department – Bill of particulars: Harris v. Rome Memorial Hospital, et al.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Accusations against co-judge: Opinion 22-148
- Fourth Department – Medicaid: Washington Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Home v. NYS Dept. of Health
- Fourth Department – Criminal possession of a firearm: People v. Wilson
- Fourth Department – Promoting prostitution: People v. Watts
- Second Circuit – Class certification: Arkansas Teachers Retirement System V. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Law News
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- Fourth Department affirms decision in NY property dispute
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- Barclay Damon hires attorney Matt Smith
- Rochester man sues Geneseo police, alleging false arrest, assault
- The Daily Record’s Power List for Intellectual Property 2023
- NY ethics panel says judges can join NRA
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