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Judges and Judiciary

May 15, 1999

Court Affirms the Use of Stinger Letters to Judges

SAN FRANCISCO - In a overall victory for the state's judicial watchdog agency, the state Supreme Court on Thursday held that the Commission on Judicial Performance does have the authority to issue private, so-called stinger letters to reprimand judges about possible misconduct that doesn't rise to the level of formal discipline.

^^Impact on Kline Case, Page 9^^
By Philip Carrizosa
Daily Journal Senior Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - In a overall victory for the state's judicial watchdog agency, the state Supreme Court on Thursday held that the Commission on Judicial Performance does have the authority to issue private, so-called stinger letters to reprim...

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