HASTINGS v. JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF UNITED STATES

No. 84-5576.

770 F.2d 1093 (1985)

The Honorable Alcee L. HASTINGS, U.S. District Judge, Appellant, v. JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF the UNITED STATES, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence J. Anderson, School of Law, Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla., with whom Robert S. Catz, College of Law, State Univ., Cleveland, Ohio, John W. Karr, Karr & Lyons, Washington, D.C., Joseph J. Huss, Hollywood, Fla., were on brief, for appellant.

John Doar, for appellee, Investigative Committee of the Judicial Council of the 11th Circuit and Brook Hedge for appellees Dept. of Justice, et al., Washington, D.C., Richard K. Willard, Joseph E. diGenova, Sandra M. Schraibman and Harold J. Krent, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for appellee.

Daniel J. Popeo and George C. Smith, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for Washington Legal Foundation, amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

Before EDWARDS and BORK, Circuit Judges, and McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge McGOWAN.

Opinion concurring in part filed by Circuit Judge EDWARDS.

McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellant, United States District Judge Alcee L. Hastings, seeks reversal of a judgment by the District Court dismissing his suit to enjoin the continuation of an investigation of his judicial conduct by an investigative committee of the Judicial Council of the Eleventh Circuit. The investigation was...

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