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N O V 3 1982 WK 51 Fr1�r,4 6 Attorney Brandenburg informed the Judge that the material in his office, which he obtained at this symposium, references practically every authority, and is about 900 pages long. Judge Stikelether asked if Attorney Brandenburg spoke of the Judge's problems with the people at this symposium, and Attorney Brandenburg replied that he spoke with them of the CouAy's situation. He noted that the only material supplied to the Board was a report on the symposium; it did not make any recommendation for the Judge to go back to the Courtroom, but it did lead the Commission to reconsider the issue and initiate the action they took. Chairman Scurlock again emphasized that the many calls he has received complaining about the situation, especially those from the State's Attorney and Public Defender had a very positive effect on his reconsidering the situation. Judge Stikelether commented that apparently the Chairman, Administrator Wright, and Attorney Stone had a meeting., and Attorney Brandenburg stated that his understanding -was that Mr. Barton met with Mr. Stone. Judge Stikelether then spoke at length of his concern that the Judges have not been included in the many hours of discussion on their problems over the months; he again referred to the lack of notice about these meetings; the belief that this has been treated as a humorous situation and laughed about publicly; the fact that the record has not been set straight on misleading information supplied to the public; and stated that he felt the Commission has dealt with this matter behind the Judges' backs by meeting when they knew he was in the hospital and Judge Smith was in Plexico City. Commissioner Lyons was upset that Judge Stikelether felt that the Commission would deliberately try to do something behind his back and stated that he, for one, did 1-