Legal Opinion
In Re the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 26, 1990No. 90-5184PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. (Aetna) seeks a writ of mandamus ordering Chief Judge Thomas Hull of the Eastern District of Tennessee to recuse himself from a series of cases, asserting that the recusal is required by 28 U.S.C. § 455. We must first determine whether the extraordinary writ of mandamus is available in a controversy of this kind.
Both of these eases involved bankers bond claims arising from the failures of the United American Bank and City & County Bank of Roane County arising out of defalcations by members of the Butcher family. After a hearing on…
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