218 W. Va. 653 - In Re Toler’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 165 W. Va. 233 - West Virginia Judicial Inquiry Commission v. Dostert · 173 W. Va. 228 - In Re Pauley · 182 W. Va. 637 - Matter of Crislip · 192 W. Va. 23 - Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar v. Karl · 176 W. Va. 16 - Matter of Gorby
Most-quoted passages
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“An independent and honorable judiciary is indispensable to justice in our society. A judge should participate in establishing, maintaining, and enforcing high standards of conduct, and shall personally observe those standards so that the integrity and independence of the judiciary will be preserved. The provisions of this Code are to be construed and applied to further that objective.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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