Liteky v. U.S., No. 92-6921 (U.S. Supreme Court) (510 U.S. 540; 114 S.Ct. 1147) (March 7, 1994) (Justice Scalia)
Case held that recusal of judges under 28 USC ยง 455(a) is subject to the common law doctrine known as the "extrajudicial source" doctrine, which holds that opinions expressed during the course of judicial proceedings rarely justify a recusal.
In this case the petitioners sought review of a judgment of ...
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