Legal Opinion
Kinnear-Weed Corp. v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1971No. 29103PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
It is impossible to conceive of an issue judges would scrutinize more carefully than one which charges that a brother’s breach of judicial ethics has produced a miscarriage of justice. Such an issue puts at stake more than the rights of the immediate litigants; it challenges the even, fair administration of law. Therefore our most attentive examination is commanded. This sensitivity is heightened in the case at bar because he who allegedly prostituted the office we ourselves are sworn to uphold, died long before the subject of his official misbehavior was ever broached.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Commonwealth Coatings Corp. v. Continental Casualty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Toledo Scale Co. v. Computing Scale Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Joseph A. Weiss v. Emerich HunnaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Charlson Realty Company v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1967
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- Pacheco v. MinetaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
- New York Life Insurance v. DeshotelCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Copper Liquor, Inc., Robert Earl Basham, Jr., or the Estate of Harold Letcher, Deceased, Cross-Appellant v. Adolph Coors Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Bobby Hardwick v. Ollie Doolittle, Jailer and William Anderson, SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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