Seamus McCaffery was the judge at "Eagles Court", an ad hoc court created to deal with unruly fans at Philadelphia Eagles games.
11 Facts About Seamus McCaffery
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Seamus McCaffery's family emigrated to the United States when he was five.
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Seamus McCaffery graduated from Cardinal Dougherty High School in Philadelphia and joined the United States Marine Corps.
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Seamus McCaffery served in the police department for 20 years, rising to sergeant.
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Seamus McCaffery became a member of the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Washington, DC bars and worked as a litigation associate.
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In 1993, Seamus McCaffery won election to Municipal Court in Philadelphia.
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Seamus McCaffery presided over the court, which was convened in the basement of Veterans Stadium, and handed out fines or jail time to fans arrested during games.
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Seamus McCaffery was elected to the Superior Court in 2003 and successfully ran for the Supreme Court in 2007, where he was a landslide winner attaining over 2 million votes statewide.
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Seamus McCaffery abruptly resigned from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on October 27,2014, one week after his October 20,2014 suspension by four fellow Justices and the public disclosure by Chief Justice Ronald Castille that Justice Seamus McCaffery had sent or received 234 emails containing pornography between late 2008 and May 2012 to an agent in the attorney general's office.
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The justices voting to suspend Seamus McCaffery cited King's Bench power to "protect and preserve the integrity" of the state's judicial system.
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The justices, in their order suspending Seamus McCaffery, directed the state Judicial Conduct Board, which was already investigating Seamus McCaffery, to determine within 30 days whether there was "probable cause to file formal misconduct charges" against him.