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DENVER (Legal Newsline) - It's a simple public censure for the former chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court accused of failing to notice a disgruntled former employee had recorded a conversation with another justice before giving her a five-year, multimillion-dollar contract.

A special tribunal has issued an unprecedented public censure of former Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan "Ben" Coats for violating the state’s judicial code of conduct when he allowed a $2.75 million contract with a former top courts administrator.

A special tribunal has issued an unprecedented public censure of former Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan "Ben" Coats for violating the state’s judicial code of conduct when he allowed a $2.75 million contract with a former top courts administrator.

The 16-page document posted Monday morning on the Colorado Supreme Court website says “the Special Tribunal hereby publicly censures you, former Chief Justice Nathan B. Coats, for violating Colorado Code of Judicial Conduct Canon Rule.”

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