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, 101 F.3d 448 (5th Cir. 1996)

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

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

In re Allied Signal, 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, 855 F.2d 1510 (11th Cir. 1988)

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

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

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

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

Trump v. Mazars USA, 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)