In Re Varain’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “Where circumstances require, ex parte communications for . . . emergencies that do not deal with substantive matters or issues on the merits are authorized; provided: (i) the judge reasonably believes that no party will gain a procedural or tactical advantage as a result of the ex parte communication, and (ii) the judge makes provision promptly to notify all other parties of the substance of the ex parte communication and allows an opportunity to respond.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Mosley v. Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline

2. “A judge shall not allow family, social, political or other relationships to influence the judge’s judicial conduct or judgment. A judge shall not lend the prestige of judicial office to advance the private interests of the judge or others; nor shall a judge convey or permit others to convey the impression that they are in a special position to influence the judge.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Mosley v. Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline

3. “[Nevada's] constitution confines the scope of appellate review of the commission's factual findings to a determination of whether the evidence in the record as a whole provides clear and convincing support for the commission's findings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Fine