Dowda v. Salfi’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 2004
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 441 So. 2d 1083 - Livingston v. State · United States v. Corrigan · Commonwealth v. Leventhal · Eismann v. Miller · United States v. Corrigan
Most-quoted passages
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“[The defendant] could thereby ultimately select the judge he does prefer by naming all other judges as parties defendants in baseless civil actions. However, the merit or lack of merit of the defendant’s civil suit against the judge is immaterial. This is so because if the civil action has no merit the judge should not be disqualified and, if the civil action does have merit, then the basis for the civil action can then also be used as the substantive ground for disqualification under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.230. The mere filing of a lawsuit against the judge does not constitute a ground for disqualification.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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