Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Lavoie

Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Lavoie
Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Lavoie
	Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 22, 1986
Full case name	Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Lavoie
Citations	475 U.S. 813 (more)
Argument	Oral argument
Holding
	The Due Process Clause requires state supreme court justices to recuse themselves from cases in which they have a direct, personal, substantial, and pecuniary interest in the outcome.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White; Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun; Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist; John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinion
Majority	Burger
	Stevens took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Lavoie, 475 U.S. 813 (1986), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held the Due Process Clause requires state supreme court justices to recuse themselves from cases in which they have a direct, personal, substantial, and pecuniary interest in the outcome.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Lavoie, 475 U.S. 813 (1986).
^ Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Impartiality of Judges and Hearing Officers". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 240.

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[1] Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Lavoie, 475 U.S. 813 (1986).

[2] Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Impartiality of Judges and Hearing Officers". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 240.

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