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DACEY v. DORSEY

No. 286, Docket 77-6100.

568 F.2d 275 (1978)

Norman F. DACEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Peter C. DORSEY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman F. Dacey, pro se.

Raymond L. Sweigart, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Haven, Conn. (Richard Blumenthal, U. S. Atty., D. Conn., Frank H. Santoro, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Peter J. Ponziani, Law Student Intern, New Haven, Conn., of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before MOORE and GURFEIN, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, District Judge.

GURFEIN, Circuit Judge:

Norman F. Dacey, author of "How to Avoid Probate," obtained a $60,000 judgment for libel against the Connecticut Bar Association in a State Court of Connecticut. The Bar Association appealed to the Supreme Court of Connecticut, all of whose five justices were members of the Bar Association. Dacey sought to have the judges recuse themselves on that account. Apparently, since there was no other tribunal which was legally empowered to hear the...

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