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Case Summary for Complaint # 3350


Name: Philip W. Borst

Title: Judge

Court: Lincoln County Superior Court

County: Lincoln

Discipline: Admonishment

Method of Resolution: Stipulation

Discipline Date: 04/06/2001

Canons Violated:1, 2(A), 3(A)(6)

Summary: From an agreed statement of facts, the Commission determined that Lincoln County Superior Court Judge Philip W. Borst violated Canon 3(A)(6) of the Code of Judicial Conduct by not promptly disposing of the Court's business. While presiding as a visiting judge in Douglas County, Judge Borst did not make a decision on a summary judgment motion for more than ten months. The Commission admonished the judge.

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