Case Title: IMO PETER M. TOURISON

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Docket Number: d-75-08-opn

State: new-jersey

Court: New Jersey Supreme Court

Date: 2009-06-02T00:00:00Z

Document:
This case can also be found at 199 N.J. 121, 970 A.2d 1040. 

                                         SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY
                                          D-
75 September Term 2008

IN THE MATTER OF         :
                                                  ORDER
PETER M. TOURISON,       :

A JUDGE OF THE           :

                         :
MUNICIPAL COURT

     The Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct having filed with

the Court pursuant to Rule 2:15-15(a), a presentment recommending

that PETER M. TOURISON, a Judge of the Municipal Court of the

Borough of Stone Harbor, be censured for violating Canon 1 (a

judge should observe high standards of conduct so the integrity

and independence of the judiciary may be preserved), Canon 2A (a

judge should respect and comply with the law and act at all times

in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and

impartiality of the judiciary), and Canon 5A(2)(a judge should

conduct all extra-judicial activities in a manner that does not
demean the judicial office), and for engaging in misconduct in

office and in conduct prejudicial to the administration of

justice that brings the judicial office into disrepute, in

violation of Rule 2:15-8(a)(1) and(6);

     And respondent, through counsel, having accepted the

findings and recommendation for discipline of the Advisory

Committee on Judicial Conduct and having waived his right to the

issuance of an Order to Show Cause and a hearing before the

Supreme Court;

       And good cause appearing;

       It is ORDERED that the findings and recommendation of the

Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct are adopted and PETER

M.TOURISON, a Judge of the Municipal Court of the Borough of

Stone Harbor, is hereby censured.

       WITNESS, the Honorable Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice, at

Trenton, this 1st day of June, 2009.

                                   CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT

Filed 6/2/09