ISA) and of the Court of Special Appeals,
respectively (Courts Article, sees. 13-201
to 13-204).
COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL
DISABILITIES
Chairman: Richard P. Gilbert, Chief Judge,
Court of Special Appeals, 1978
Walter Sondheim, Jr., 1976; Carroll W.
Royston, Attorney at Law, 1976; Robert
L. Sullivan, Jr., Associate fudge. Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City, 1976; James H.
Taylor, Associate fudge, Seventh Judicial
Circuit, 1978; William L. Marbury, At-
torney at Law, 1978; Edward D. Har-
desty, District Court, Eighth District,
1979
Laurence M. Katz, Executive Secretary
500 W. Baltimore Street,
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 528-6730
The Commission on Judicial Disabilities,
originally created by Chapter 773, Acts of
1965, had its powers redefined by Chapter
506, Acts of 1967. The Act of 1965 was
ratified on November 8, 1966, as an amend-
ment to the Constitution (Const. 1867,
Art. IV, sees. 4A and 4B). Originally, the
Commission consisted of five members.
Three of the members had to be judges
either of the Court of Appeals, the Circuit
Courts or the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City. One member had to be a lawyer with
a minimum of fifteen years of law practice.
One member represented the general public.
Chapter 789, Acts of 1969 increased the
membership of the Commission to seven
members by adding an additional lawyer
member and a member representing the
District Courts. Members of the Commission
are appointed by the Governor and serve
four-year terms. Members must be citizens
and residents of the State. Four members
are appointed from among the Judges of
the Appellate Courts, the Circuit Courts for
the Counties, the Supreme Bench of Balti-
more City and the District Court. Two
members must be lawyers, with a minimum
of fifteen years of law practice, and one
member must represent the public. The
Commission elects its own Chairman from
among its membership. |
The Commission is to meet for the pur-
pose of investigation or proceedings under
Art. IV, sec. 4B of the Constitution. It will
hold a hearing, if charges have been pre-
sented, and if after good cause finds it
necessary, it will issue a reprimand to the
Judge concerned or recommend to the
Court of Appeals that a Judge be censured,
removed, or retired. All Judges including
Judges of the Court of Appeals, the Court
of Special Appeals, the Circuit Courts, the
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City and the
Orphans' Court and any others who may
be elected or subject to election and those
appointed for a full term if it is not less
than four years are subject to the provisions
of the Act. Powers of the Commission and
the General Assembly in administering oaths
and issuing and enforcing process are pro-
vided for in the implementing legislation
(Code 1957, 1971 Repl. Vol., Art. 40, sec.
45; Courts Article, sec. 13-401 to 13-403).
(Md. Rule 1227).
THE COURT OF APPEALS
STANDING COMMITTEE ON
RULES OF PRACTICE AND
PROCEDURE
Kenneth C. Proctor, Chairman
Robert R. Bowie, Albert D. Brault, Clayton
C. Carter, John P. Corderman, Leo Wil-
liam Dunn, Jr., John 0. Herrmann, Fred-
erick W. Invernizzi, Alexander G. Jones,
James J. Lombardi, John F. McAuliffe,
George W. McManus, Jr., Herbert Myer-
berg, Paul V. Niemeyer, Joseph E.
Owens, C. Merritt Pumphrey, Russell R.
Reno, Lawrence F. Rodowsky, David
Ross, Neil Tabor, William Walsh, Alan
M. Wilner.
George B. Gifford, Reporter
Bernard Auerbach, Assistant Reporter
District Court Building, P.O. Box 191 1,
Annapolis 21404 Telephone: 269-2492
The Standing Committee on Rules of
Practice and Procedure, usually called the
Rules Committee, was originally appointed
by an Order of the Court of Appeals dated
January 22, 1946, to succeed an ad hoc |
