· 6/17/1977
Sca Services, Inc. v. Hon. Robert D. Morgan, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Citations
- 557 F.2d 110
- 40 A.L.R. Fed. 942
- 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 12887
How courts have described this case
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- Denial of disqualification on procedural grounds of untimeliness, waiver or estoppel is improper where basis for recusal is family relationship under section 455(b)(5)
- 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) “enunciates the appearance of partiality as the general standard for judicial recusal”
- Denial of disqualification on procedural grounds of untimeliness, waiver or estoppel is improper where basis for recusal is family relationship under section 455(b)(5)
- mandamus appropriate under mandatory provisions of amended § 455 but not under § 144
- “[The provisions of Section 455 do not] contain any time limits within which disqualification must be sought.”
- section 455(a) \enunciates the appearance of partiality as the general standard for judicial recusal\
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Judges: Cummings, Sprecher, Bauer
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