TPJ Files Suit to Force Abbott to <br>Pursue Ethics Case Against Justice Hecht

TPJ has filed a motion in Travis County court to compel Attorney General Abbott- or a court-ordered replacement-to pursue a long-slumbering case involving a $29,000 ethics fine against Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht.

Read TPJ's media release.
Read TPJ's court filing.
View a Abbott-Hecht case timeline.
View Ethics Commission Dec. 2008 order against Justice Hecht.