Legal Opinion
Liteky v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 7, 1994No. 92-6921PublishedCited by 4,875 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia
Section 455(a) of Title 28 of the United States Code requires a federal judge to “disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.” This case presents the question whether required recusal under this provision is subject to the limitation that has come to be known as the “extrajudicial source” doctrine.
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