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Johnson v. Sawyer, No. 96-20667 (5th Cir.) (120 F.3d 1307) (August 21, 1997) (Judge Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale)

Loaded on Sept. 1, 1997 published in Punch and Jurists September 29, 1997
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Appearance of Justice/Impartiality.

While the Court acknowledged that the power to reassign pending cases to different judges is an extraordinary one, it exercised that right due to flagrant and abusive interference by the district judge Hoyt in the proceedings below.

 

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