Legal Opinion
Francis Farrington Whittemore v. Elizabeth P. Farrington
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1956No. 14843PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORR, Circuit Judge.
Appellants are attempting to disqualify Circuit Judge Calvin C. McGregor of the Territory of Hawaii from hearing a matter pending before the court over which Judge McGregor presides.
A brief history of the litigation in which the disqualification is alleged to exist may be helpful. On July 30, 1954 one Edmund Leavey commenced an action in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit, Territory of Hawaii by petition asking “confirmation and authority to act as successor trustee” in the matter of the trust estate of Wallace H. Farrington, deceased. The petition was opposed…
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