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"Justice stands to gain from ruling; Sanders should have recused himself from case, ethics experts say"

"Justice stands to gain from ruling; Sanders should have recused himself from case, ethics experts say": The Seattle Post-Intelligencer today contains an article that begins, "Justice Richard Sanders, who sued the state to get documents about himself, could be awarded much more money because of a ruling he wrote recently for the state Supreme Court. Sanders' lawyers say new legal guidelines -- ones the justice himself created -- mean he should get far more than the $18,112 he was already awarded in his lawsuit. They contend the state should have to pay him something closer to $614,670. Legal-ethics experts say Sanders probably should not have participated in the high court case because of its similarity to his own."

The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled "Judicial conduct: On the edge."

And The Associated Press reports that "Supreme Court justice may benefit from own ruling."

Full post as published by How Appealing on March 11, 2009 (boomark / email).