If adopted, Superior and District Court judges would handle complaints against Supreme Judicial Court justices.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine high court justice argues she did not act wrongly
Justice Catherine Connors said her peers on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, not a panel of other judges, should decide whether to sanction her.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Public reprimand sought for Maine high court justice who didn’t recuse herself
The Committee on Judicial Conduct is also recommending a new group of judges be brought in to decide whether to sanction Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Catherine Connors, rather than a panel of her fellow justices.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, News
Greene man loses court appeal over junkyard at home
George Stanley called his property a work of art. But the town of Greene and Maine’s highest court call it a junkyard.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Revered Lewiston jurist steps down from the bench
Long-serving Justice Robert Clifford is praised for his high standard of fairness and ethics.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine’s top court wants specific disciplinary recommendations for justice who failed to recuse herself
The state’s Committee on Judicial Conduct recommended that Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Catherine Connors be sanctioned for participating in foreclosure cases that posed a conflict of interest.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Portland man appeals verdict, sentence for killing girlfriend in Acadia National Park
Raymond Lester, 38, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 48 years in state prison. The attorney for his appeal says the jury wasn’t told to consider whether his drunkenness played a role in the death.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine high court justice could be first in state to be sanctioned
Justice Catherine Connors, who participated in foreclosure cases despite having conflicts of interest, will keep her seat regardless of whether she is disciplined.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine Supreme Judicial Court justice violated ethical code, committee says
A judicial conduct panel is recommending that Justice Catherine Connors, a former private attorney who represented banks, be sanctioned for not recusing herself from 2 cases that upended the state’s foreclosure process.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Lewiston civil rights leader and prominent jurist remembered
Louis Scolnik, who died at age 101, leaves a legacy of compassion for the marginalized through his civil rights leadership and service in the Maine judicial branch.