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· 12/15/1980

United States v. Will

Citations

  • 449 U.S. 200
  • 101 S. Ct. 471
  • 66 L. Ed. 2d 392
  • 1980 U.S. LEXIS 160
  • 49 U.S.L.W. 4045

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the rule of necessity is an exception to the recusal requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 455
  • holding that where every Article III judge had an interest in the outcome of the case, the common law rule of necessity prevailed
  • holding that where every Article III judge had an interest in the outcome of the case, the common law rule of necessity prevailed
  • holding that the rule of necessity is an exception to the recusal requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 455
  • holding that the rule of necessity is an exception to the recusal requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 455
  • holding that certain federal laws stopping or reducing previously authorized pay increases for federal judges violated the Constitution’s Compensation Clause

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Judges: Burger, Blacelmün

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