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10 canonical passages across 8 cases, quoted by 2,441 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 Liteky v. United States.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liteky v. United States Anchor | green | “judicial rulings alone almost never constitute a valid basis for a bias or partiality motion.” | 1,778 |
| 2 | Liteky v. United States | green | “judicial remarks during the course of a trial that are critical or disapproving of, or even hostile to, counsel, the parties, or their cases, ordinarily do not support a bias or partiality challenge.” | 295 |
| 3 | Liteky v. United States | green | “reveal such a high degree of favoritism or antagonism as to make fair judgment impossible.” | 203 |
| 4 | United States v. Ruth Studley | green | “a judge is not disqualified by a litigant's suit or threatened suit against him” | 34 |
| 5 | Bryce v. Episcopal Church In The Diocese Of Colorado | green | “the trial judge must recuse himself when there is the appearance of bias, regardless of whether there is actual bias.” | 34 |
| 6 | Glass v. Pfeffer | green | “facts of time, place, persons, occasions, and circumstances.” | 34 |
| 7 | United States v. Nickl | green | “when a judge's decisions, opinions, or remarks stem from an extrajudicial source-a source outside the judicial proceedings.” | 25 |
| 8 | Terry Lynn Nichols v. Wayne E. Alley, District Judge, United States of America, Real Party in Interest | green | “intended to bestow veto power over judges or to be used as a judge shopping device” | 24 |
| 9 | Hinman v. Rogers | green | “the affidavit must state with required particularity the identifying facts of time, place, persons, occasion, and circumstances.” | 9 |
| 10 | Akers v. Weinshienk | green | “is a named defendant in the action before him.” | 5 |
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.