VERMONT JUDICIAL ETHICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Current as of January 2005
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| INDEX OF OPINIONS | |||
| Opinion Number | Page | Date | Subject |
| 1 | 1-2 | 10/11/95 | Assistant judge participation in political caucus |
| 2 |
3-13 |
4/22/97 | Participation by judge in Boy Scouts or The Masons |
| 3 | 14-15 | 11/10/97 | Obligation of judge to report suspected crime |
| 4 | 16-19 | 10/28/97 | Propriety of contribution to legal services organization by judge |
| 2827-1 |
20-23 |
7/6/98 | Assistant Judge sitting on State Police Advisory Committee |
| 2827-2 |
24-28 |
10/27/98 | Assistant judges sitting on cases prosecuted by county sheriff |
| 2827-3 |
29-36 |
2/4/99 | Judge testifying as to judicial standards before Judicial Conduct Board |
| 2827-4 |
37-41 |
10/19/99 | Judge testifying before administrative body concerning bail bondsman |
| 2827-5 | 42-44 | 10/1/02 | Propriety of judges testifying at retention hearing of another judge |
| 2827-6 | 45-55 | 3/12/03 | Judge participation in peace vigils, signing anti-war petitions, and soliciting other signatures or petitions. Judge participating in petition to selectmen concerning budget allotment, anti-poverty agency and energy interdependence. |
| 2827-7 | 56-58 | 12/17/03 | Assistant Judge participating on Public Oversight Commission |
| 2827-8 | 59-66 | 4/29/04 | Attendance of Judge and Court Staff at free open house hosted by bar association |
| 2827-9 | 67-69 | 5/17/04 | May a judge publicly endorse a non-partisan bond issue in his or her home town |
| 2728-10 | 70-78 | 8/5/04 | May a judge assist his spouse in campaigning for election to the legislature |
| 2728-11 | 79-81 | 11/8/04 | Is a special master prohibited from appearing at public hearings before, or consulting with, executive or legislative bodies or officials on behalf of clients on matters unrelated to the subject matter of the case during the appointment of master? |
| 2728-12 | 82-90 | 11/30/04 | Under what conditions should a judge participate on a government sponsored commission? |
| 2728-13 | 91-99 | 5/1/08 | May a Judge be a candidate in a contested election for a position with the Bar Association? |
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| Subject | Page |
| Disqualification of assistant judge sitting in cases prosecuted by county sheriff or sheriff deputies | 24 |
| Duty of a judge to report a crime | 14 |
| Financial contributions made by a judge to a legal services organization | 16 |
| Judge signing a petition or soliciting signatures for petition | 45 |
| Judge’s private action as protected free speech | 45 |
| Participation by judge in peace vigil | 45 |
| Participation by judge in organization that arbitrarily excludes members on the basis of a "protected" characteristic | 3 |
| Participation of assistant judge in political caucuses or meetings | 1 |
| Participation of assistant judge on Public Oversight Commission | 56 |
| Participation by judge in a contested election for a position on the Board of Bar Managers of The Bar Association | 91 |
| Participation by judge in election campaign activities of spouse | 70 |
| Service by a judge or assistant judge on a governmental commission | 20 |
| Testimony of a judge before retention of another judge | 42 |
| Testimony by a sitting judge regarding standards of judicial conduct at a hearing before the Judicial Conduct Board | 29 |
| Testimony of a judge at administrative hearing of bail bondsman | 37 |
| Does it present a conflict of interest for a presiding judge and court staff to accept an invitation to attend a dinner provided by and fully paid for by a bar association? | 59 |
| Does it present a conflict of interest if a presiding judge and court staff attend an open house hosted by a bar association and paid for from bar dues at which no meal is served, but at which light refreshments are offered to all attendees? | 59 |
| May a judge publicly endorse a non-partisan bond issue in the judge's home town? | 67 |
| Is a special master prohibited from appearing at public hearings before, or consulting with, executive or legislative bodies or officials on behalf of clients on matters unrelated to the subject matter of the case during the appointment of master? | 79 |
| Under what conditions should a judge participate on a government sponsored commission? | 82 |
| Preamble | Page Number |
| 3 | 57, 80 |
| Canon | Page Number |
| 1 | 22,60,64,70 |
| 2 2A 2B 2C |
25, 30-33, 46,57,60,64,71 75 31, 34, 38, 39,71 3-6, 42-44 |
| 3 3B(9) 3C(2) 3E(1) 3E(1)(c) 3E(1)(d)(iv) |
61, 71 33, 46, 80 65 16, 18, 19, 22, 25, 27, 46,58, 71 16, 26 34 |
| 4 4A(1) 4A(2) 4A(3) 4C(1) 4C(2) 4C(3) 4D 4D(5) 4D(5)(a) |
17, 21, 46, 53, 56,61,65, 71, 82, 91-92 17-19, 22, 46, 71 46 17, 46, 53 42-44, 79-81 21, 54-57, 83-87, 89-90 46, 80, 83, 84-86, 88-90, 93. 95-96, 98 17, 18 61-62 62-66 |
| 5 5A(1) 5A(1)(d) 5A(1)(a)-(e) |
67,68, 71 46, 47, 71, 73-74, 76, 78 1 2 |
| 6 | |
| 7 | 48 |
| 8 | |