28 USC 455

28 U.S.C. 455 is the primary recusal statute for federal judges, which contains important exceptions.

Relevant cases

Doddy v. Oxy USA, Inc., 101 F.3d 448 (5th Cir. 1996)

Fowler v. Butts, 829 F.3d 788 (7th Cir. 2016)

Halo Elecs., Inc. v. Pulse Elecs., Inc., 136 S.Ct. 1923 (2016)

Hedden v. Richard, 149 U.S. 346 (1893)

In re Allied Signal Inc., 891 F.2d 974 (1st Cir. 1989)

In re Continental Airlines Corp., 901 F.2d 1259 (5th Cir. 1990)

In re Literary Works in Elec. Databases Copyright Litig., 509 F.3d 136 (2d Cir. 2007)

In re Sch. Asbestos Litig., 977 F.2d 764 (3d Cir. 1992)

Kotteakos v. United States, 328 U.S. 750 (1946)

Liljeberg v. Health Servs. Acquisition Corp., 486 U.S. 847 (1988)

Liteky v. United States, 510 U.S. 540 (1994)

Muchnick v. Thomson Corp., 509 F.3d 136 (2d Cir. 2007)

Parker v. Connors Steel Co., 855 F.2d 1510 (11th Cir. 1988)

Patterson v. Mobil Oil Corp., 335 F.3d 476 (5th Cir. 2003)

Pub. Utils. Comm’n of D.C. v. Pollak, 343 U.S. 451 (1952)

Shell Oil Co. v. United States, 672 F.3d 1283 (Fed. Cir. 2012)

Shinseki v. Sanders, 556 U.S. 396 (2009)

Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP, 39 F.4th 774 (D.C. Cir. 2022)

United States v. Cerceda, 172 F.3d 806 (11th Cir. 1999)

United States v. Williams, 949 F.3d 1056 (7th Cir. 2020)