Case Title: IMO PETER M. TOURISON

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Docket Number: d-75-08

State: new-jersey

Court: New Jersey Supreme Court

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

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IMO PETER M. TOURISON  This case can also be found at 199 N.J. 121, 970 A.2d 1040. SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY D- 75 September Term 2008IN THE MATTER OF : ORDER PETER M. TOURISON, :A JUDGE OF THE : : MUNICIPAL COURT The Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct having filed withthe Court pursuant to Rule 2:15-15(a), a presentment recommendingthat PETER M. TOURISON, a Judge of the Municipal Court of theBorough of Stone Harbor, be censured for violating Canon 1 (ajudge should observe high standards of conduct so the integrityand independence of the judiciary may be preserved), Canon 2A (ajudge should respect and comply with the law and act at all timesin a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity andimpartiality of the judiciary), and Canon 5A(2)(a judge shouldconduct all extra-judicial activities in a manner that does not demean the judicial office), and for engaging in misconduct inoffice and in conduct prejudicial to the administration ofjustice that brings the judicial office into disrepute, inviolation of Rule 2:15-8(a)(1) and(6); And respondent, through counsel, having accepted thefindings and recommendation for discipline of the AdvisoryCommittee on Judicial Conduct and having waived his right to theissuance of an Order to Show Cause and a hearing before theSupreme Court; And good cause appearing; It is ORDERED that the findings and recommendation of theAdvisory Committee on Judicial Conduct are adopted and PETERM.TOURISON, a Judge of the Municipal Court of the Borough ofStone Harbor, is hereby censured. WITNESS, the Honorable Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice, atTrenton, this 1st day of June, 2009. CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURTFiled 6/2/09