Labels:book | reckoner | sky | tree | windowpane OCR: Ir 1974 Congress substantially revised Section 455 See Act of Dec. 1974, Pub. L. No. 93-512, 88 Stat. 1609 The stated purpose of the 1974 Act was to "clarify and broaden the grounds for judicial dis- qualification and to render the federal recusal stat- utes more consistent with the judicial-disqualification provisions of the recently adopted ABA Code Judi cial Conduct. Health Services tion Corp., 486 U.S 847 858 n.7 (1988) see Rep. No. 1453, 93d Cong. 2d Sess. (1974) Rep. No. 419, P86 Cong. 1st Sess. {1973} care- ful reading of amended Section 455 and its legislative history suggests, however, that Congress pip not ir tend the 1974 Act eliminate the extrajudicial- sou rce requirement aid thereby dramatically alter the law of recusal for bias or prej judice. Rev ised Section 455 differs fr ...
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