The Nation - News from April 1, 1987
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The Vermont Legislature reelected three justices to the state Supreme Court, including one jurist facing misconduct charges. Associate Justice Ernest Gibson III, who faces upcoming hearings before the Judicial Conduct Board, was reelected 137 to 23 in a joint session of the Legislature. Also reelected were Chief Justice Frederic Allen, by a margin of 148 to 13, and Associate Justice William Peck, by a vote of 141 to 18. They do not face misconduct charges. Gibson is one of three justices facing misconduct allegations stemming from their ties to former lower court judge Jane Wheel, who is facing charges that she lied under oath during a probe into an alleged check-padding scheme.
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