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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 23 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 United States v. Patti.

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1 United States v. Patti Anchor
ca11 · 2003
green “has a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party, or personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the proceeding.” 9
2 McWHORTER v. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM
ca11 · 1990
green “the bias must derive from something other than that which the judge learned by participating in the case.” 7
3 Maret v. United States
moed · 1971
green “repeated rulings against a litigant, no matter how erroneous and how vigorously and consistently expressed, are not a basis for disqualification of a judge on the grounds of bias and prejudice.” 7

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