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IN RE CHMURA

Docket No. 112062, Calendar No. 11.

608 N.W.2d 31 (2000)

461 Mich. 517

In re Hon. John M. CHMURA, Judge, Thirty-Seventh District Court, Warren, Michigan.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 28, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan D. Sobel and Thomas L. Prowse, Detroit, for Judicial Tenure Commission.

Collins, Einhorn, Farrell & Ulanoff, P.C. (by Brian D. Einhorn, Theresa M. Asoklis, and J. Mark Cooney), Southfield, for the respondent.

Opinion

CORRIGAN, J.

This disciplinary matter involves a challenge to the constitutionality of Canon 7(B)(1)(d) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, which governs public communications by candidates for judicial office.1 We hold that Canon 7(B)(1)(d) is facially unconstitutional. We therefore narrow the canon to prohibit a candidate from either knowingly or recklessly using forms...

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