Document Type
Article
Abstract
The recent establishment of an Individual Assignment System in New York has introduced what one commentator has referred to as new "rules of the game". Nonetheless, the old rules still apply with respect to ex parte communication by judges which is governed by Canon 3(A)( 4) of the Code of Judicial Conduct. Canon 3(A)(4), as adopted by the New York State Bar Association in 1973, prohibits a judge from initiating or considering ex parte communications concerning a pending or impending proceeding. This prohibition, which has been strictly construed by decisional law and bar association advisory opinions, has new significance under the IAS because of the new system's mandate that there be continuous supervision of each case by a single judge.
Recommended Citation
Jay C. Carlisle, Ex Parte Communication by the Judiciary, N.Y. St. B.J., Nov. 1986, at 12, http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/lawfaculty/619/.
Comments
Published 58 New York State Bar Journal 12 (Nov. 1986)-->