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· 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

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

  • 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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