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 § 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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