The Court of Judicial Discipline may have set itself up for a conflict with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in opinions issued in the case of a magisterial district judge charged with alleged ticket-fixing. The court ruled that the justices are not alone in having the authority to suspend judges in trouble on an interim basis.
In the wake of his federal indictment, Magisterial District Judge Mark A. Bruno was suspended without pay by the Supreme Court. Now the Court of Judicial Discipline has ruled that Bruno should be suspended with pay and that he should receive back pay from February through its Friday order.
