HASTINGS v. JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF U.S.

No. 86-5588.

829 F.2d 91 (1987)

Alcee L. HASTINGS, Honorable U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Appellant, v. JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF the U.S., et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence J. Anderson, Coral Gables, Fla., with whom John W. Karr, William G. McLain, Washington, D.C., and Robert S. Catz, Coral Gables, Fla., were on brief, for appellant.

Brook Hedge, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, with whom Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Harold Krent, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellees Judicial Conference of the U.S., et al.

John Doar, New York City, for appellees Judicial Council of the Eleventh Circuit, et al.

Before RUTH BADER GINSBURG, BUCKLEY, and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.

Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Two years ago, this court held that United States District Judge Alcee L. Hastings' challenges to the constitutionality of the Judicial Councils Reform and Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980 ("the Act"),1 were premature, and instructed the lower...

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