Legal Opinion

Scott v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided May 10, 1989No. 85-206, 86-423PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON REHEARING EN BANC

Before ROGERS,* Chief Judge, MACK, NEWMAN, FERREN, TERRY, STEADMAN, and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.** ROGERS, Chief Judge:

We must decide the appropriate remedy for a violation of Canon 3(C)(1) of the American Bar Association’s Code of Judicial Conduct which requires that “[a] judge *747should disqualify himself in a proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.” Code op Judicial Conduct Canon 3(C)(1).1 The trial judge presided at a trial prosecuted by the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, a division of the…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Tumey v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  4. Rose v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. In Re Murchison.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955

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3Cited by60 opinions

  1. Alley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
  2. Allen v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
  3. Jefferson-El v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1993
  4. Gibson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
  5. Rohrbach v. AT & T Nassau Metals Corp.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1995

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