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8 canonical passages across 8 cases, quoted by 36 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Rath v. Rath.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rath v. Rath Anchor | green | “a district court's decision on a motion for recusal is reviewed under the abuse of discretion standard.” | 6 |
| 2 | McGhee v. Mergenthal | neutral | “a court abuses its discretion if it acts in an arbitrary, unreasonable, or unconscionable manner, its decision is not the product of a rational mental process leading to a reasoned determination, or it misinterprets or misapplies the law.” | 5 |
| 3 | Rath v. Rath | green | “although a judge has a duty to recuse when required by the code of judicial conduct, a judge also has an equally strong duty not to recuse when the circumstances do not require recusal.” | 5 |
| 4 | Spence v. North Dakota District Court | green | “superintending control is an extraordinary power which will be exercised on behalf of a litigant only under circumstances that are tantamount to a denial of justice.” | 4 |
| 5 | Datz v. Dosch | green | “a judge is expected to recuse herself whenever her impartiality might reasonably be questioned by an objective observer, or when a litigant demonstrates that a reasonable person who knew the circumstances of the case would question the judge's impartiality under an objective sta…” | 4 |
| 6 | Abell v. Oliver | green | “could clearly raise a reasonable question as to the judge's impartiality in this case” | 4 |
| 7 | Edison v. Edison | green | “the judge's knowledge of and insight regarding the case and parties will be lost if a new judge is assigned.” | 4 |
| 8 | State v. Thornton | neutral | “our authority to issue a supervisory writ is discretionary.” | 4 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.