Clarence Thomas v. Tenneco Packaging Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• applying the inherent authority analysis to a district court's decision to sanction a lawyer for violating the Georgia Code of Professional Responsibility
• noting that bias sufficient to disqualify must stem from extrajudicial sources
• affirming an award of sanctions against an attorney pursuant to the court’s inherent authority
• stating an exception to the general rule that bias must stem from extrajudicial sources “when a judge’s remarks in a judicial context demonstrate such pervasive bias and prejudice that it constitutes bias against a party” (quotation marks omitted)
• explaining bias necessary to disqualify judge “must stem from extrajudicial sources”
• explaining bias necessary to disqualify judge “must stem from extrajudicial sources”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).