Case Title: In Re Kay

Citation: 508 So. 2d 329

Docket Number: 69672

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 1987-06-04T00:00:00Z

Document:
508 So. 2d 329 (1987)
In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge, re: KAY, Brian P.
No. 69672.

Supreme Court of Florida.
June 4, 1987.
Kathleen T. Phillips, Chairman and John S. Rawls, General Counsel, Tallahassee and Richard L. Hersch, Special Counsel for the Florida Judicial Qualifications Com'n, Coral Gables, for petitioner.
Dale R. Sanders of Lyons and Sanders Chartered, Fort Lauderdale, for respondent.
PER CURIAM.
We have for review the Judicial Qualifications Commission's uncontested report recommending that Judge Brian P. Kay be publicly reprimanded. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 12, Fla. Const.
The Commission found that Kay:
Based on these facts, the Commission found Kay in violation of Canon 1 (duty to maintain high standard of judicial conduct to preserve judicial integrity and independence), Canon 2(A) (duty of judge to respect and comply with law and conduct himself in manner which promotes public confidence in judicial integrity and impartiality), *330 and Canon 7(B) (duty of judicial candidate to maintain dignity appropriate to judicial office and not misrepresent any fact) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, as well as section 105.071, Florida Statutes (1985).[*]
The Commission made the following recommendations:
We approve the Commission's findings and recommendation of discipline. Accordingly, we hereby publicly reprimand Judge Brian P. Kay and forewarn future candidates of non-partisan elections that more severe disciplinary measures may be imposed for such violations.
It is so ordered.
McDONALD, C.J., and OVERTON, EHRLICH, SHAW, BARKETT and KOGAN, JJ., concur.
[*]  Section 105.071 provides in pertinent part:

A candidate for judicial office shall not:
.....
(2) Campaign as a member of any political party.
(3) Publicly represent or advertise himself as a member of any political party.
(4) Endorse any candidate.
.....
(10) Make any contribution to any person, group, or organization for its endorsement to judicial office.
(11) Agree to pay all or any part of any advertisement sponsored by any group, person, or organization wherein the candidate may be endorsed for judicial office by any such person, group, or organization.