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83x18: Recusal of a Commissioner when Son's Law Firm Represents a Party

November 16, 1983

OGE advises on whether a Commissioner is prohibited from participating in adjudicatory proceedings in which one of the parties is represented by a law firm with which the Commissioner's adult son is engaged as an associate.

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