Legal Opinion
United States v. Valenti
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided March 19, 1954No. Cr. 310-52PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MADDEN, District Judge.
This matter is now before the Court pursuant to the filing, on November 20, 1953, of an affidavit of bias and prejudice as against the writer as the trial judge about to preside at the jury trial of Criminal Indictment No. 310-52. The affidavit in question, which seeks the disqualification of this writer, invokes the operation of Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 144. 1
While the statutory provision of Congress providing for the recusation or disqualification of a trial judge by the filing of an affidavit of bias or prejudice is a remedial measure having for its purpose assurance to…
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