Morrison v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
1 district ·
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Applies 21 U.S.C. § 360A (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 144 · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Napue v. People of the State of Illinois · United States v. Grinnell Corp. · Berger v. United States · Illinois Power Co. v. Local Union No. 51, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · J. Gordon Turnbull, Inc. v. Commissioner
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“Whenever a party to any proceeding in a district court makes and files a timely and sufficient affidavit that the judge before whom the matter is pending has a personal bias or prejudice either against him or in favor of any adverse party, such judge shall proceed no further therein, but another judge shall be assigned to hear such proceeding. The affidavit shall state the facts and the reasons for the belief that bias or prejudice exists, and shall be filed not less than ten days before the beginning of the term (session) at which the proceeding is to be heard, or good cause shall be shown for failure to file it within such time. A party may file only one such affidavit in any case. It shall be accompanied by a certificate of counsel of record stating that it is made in good faith.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““28 U.S.C.A. Section 2255, shows that it is the established public policy of the federal government that collateral attacks on convictions should be heard, if possible, by the judge who imposed the sentence. He is in the best position to evaluate an attack from the legality and fairness of the trial. It stands to reason that in most cases a petitioner seeking to vacate his conviction would rather have some judge other than the one who presided at the trial of his case on the merits. If judges should readily recuse themselves without adequate justification, it would be an incentive to petitioners under Section 2255 to file affidavits of bias and prejudice.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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