· 2/25/1980
In Re International Business MacHines Corporation, United States of America v. International Business MacHines Corporation
Citations
- 618 F.2d 923
- 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 20165
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- holding that timeliness is required under § 455, without delineating between subsections (a) and (b)
- concluding that “[ejven if [the rulings] were deemed to be incorrect, it ... does not follow that they were motivated by personal bias”
- finding that adverse rulings do not “per se create the appearance of bias under section 455(a)”
- noting that the determination of disqualification under subsection (b)(1) “should be made on the basis of conduct extrajudicial in nature as distinguished from conduct within a judicial context”
- granting recusal motion after years of then unresolved litigation involving \technical\ issues would be \catastrophic\
- granting recusal motion after years of then unresolved litigation involving “technical” issues would be “catastrophic”
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Judges: Mulligan, Van Graafeiland Meskill
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