Calif. bill would bar judges from hearing donors’ cases 
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: September 7, 2010
Tags: campaign contributors, Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co., elected judges, judicial misconduct
The California state legislature has passed a bill that would bar superior court judges from hearing cases involving their largest campaign contributors.
Judge cited for paying attorney with coupons
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: class actions, judicial misconduct
A California judicial commission has admonished a retired judge for ordering that an attorney who settled a class-action lawsuit be paid in $10 coupons for women’s apparel.
Report: Judge shouldn’t lose job for closing court
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 21, 2010
Tags: Judges, judicial misconduct
An embattled Texas judge who closed her court before a death-row inmate could file his final appeal should not lose her job or receive any further punishment beyond the “public humiliation” she has faced, a judge presiding over her ethics trial said in a report released Wednesday.
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