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8 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 43 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. Microsoft Corp..

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 United States v. Microsoft Corp. Anchor
cadc · 2001
green “the question is whether a reasonable and informed observer would question the judge's impartiality.” 9
2 In Re Wallace J. Kaminski
cadc · 1992
green “a judge should not recuse himself based upon conclusory, unsupported or tenuous allegations.” 9
3 United States v. Microsoft Corp.
cadc · 2001
green “deference to the judgments and rulings of courts depends upon public confidence in the integrity and independence of judges.” 6
4 Hurd v. Hodge
scotus · 1948
green “we cannot presume that the public policy of the united states manifests a lesser concern for the protection of such basic rights against discriminatory action of federal courts than against such action taken by the courts of the states.” 4
5 Securities & Exchange Commission v. Bilzerian
dcd · 2010
green “a judge has as much an obligation not to recuse himself where there is no reason to do so as he does to recuse himself when proper.” 4
6 Tripp v. Executive Office of the President
dcd · 2000
green “the moving party must demonstrate the court's reliance on an 'extrajudicial source' that creates an appearance of partiality or, in rare cases, where no extrajudicial source is involved, the movant must show a 'deep-seated favoritism or antagonism that would make fair judgment i…” 4
7 Tripp v. Executive Office of the President
dcd · 2000
green “the question is whether a reasonable and informed observer would question the judge's impartiality.” 4
8 Tripp v. Executive Office of the President
dcd · 2000
green “deep-seated favoritism or antagonism that would make fair judgment impossible.” 3

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