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LILJEBERG v. HEALTH SERVICES ACQUISITION CORP.

No. 86-957.

486 U.S. 847 (1988)

LILJEBERG v. HEALTH SERVICES ACQUISITION CORP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued April 25, 1988

Decided June 17, 1988

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Bartow Farr III reargued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were A. J. Schmitt, Jr., and Melvin W. Mathes.

William M. Lucas, Jr., reargued the cause for respondent. With him on the briefs were Joyce M. Dombourian, Curtis R. Boisfontaine, and Kathryn J. Lichtenberg.*

JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1974 Congress amended the Judicial Code "to broaden and clarify the grounds for judicial disqualification." 88 Stat. 1609. The first sentence of the amendment provides:

"Any justice, judge, or magistrate of the United States shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned." 28 U. S. C. § 455(a), as amended...

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