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Article: N.J. court censures a justice: Roberto Rivera-Soto intervened over son.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- July 21, 2007
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Byline: Troy Graham
Jul. 21--The New Jersey Supreme Court censured Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto yesterday for his involvement in a dispute between his teenage son and a teammate on the Haddonfield Memorial High School football team.
The censure has no effect on Rivera-Soto's job status or pay, but it was the first time a sitting New Jersey justice had been disciplined in 17 years.
Earlier this month, a judiciary ethics panel recommended that Rivera-Soto face a censure for improperly using his office.
The Supreme Court agreed with that finding in a 5-0 decision that quoted from the judiciary panel's recommendation nearly verbatim. In ...