After considering other available remedies, including a reduction of sentence and the possibility of legal or disciplinary proceedings against Mr. Asselin, the trial judge held that a stay of proceedings was the only appropriate remedy in the unusual and
troubling circumstances of this case.
Now, in what lower appeal court judges have called a «most
troubling appeal» and a «most unfortunate
circumstance,» the Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday the
case that asks when and under what
circumstances a judge can copy the submissions
of a party without attribution.