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                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, February 28, 1994                   TAG: 9402280027
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: The Washington Post
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

GOP JUDGES DENOUNCE BIAS STUDY

The Republican-appointed majority on the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia has denounced the work of a task force looking into race and gender bias in the federal courts and voted Friday to withdraw its support for the project.

Three appeals judges - Stephen F. Williams, Laurence H. Silberman and Douglas H. Ginsburg - led the challenge, assailing a task force committee on gender that is looking into a wide range of issues, including how many women are hired as law clerks by federal judges, according to internal court memos and interviews.

The battle has been fought in a flurry of memos between critics and supporters of the Task Force on Gender, Race and Ethnicity.

The project is part of a nationwide effort to determine bias in the court system.

by CNB