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Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling in Judicial Bias Case

By Carolyn Elefant

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The Supreme Court issued a landmark 5-4 decision today in Caperton v. Massey Coal Co., holding that due process requires a state judge to recuse himself from a case involving the financial interests of a party who has made substantial donations to the judge's campaign for the bench. Writing for the majority, Justice Kennedy concluded that a campaign donation of $3 million in this case had a "significant or disproportionate influence" on the judge and created a serious, objective risk of bias that required recusal. Tony Mauro provides the full story at the The National Law Journal, as do Lyle...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on June 08, 2009 (boomark / email).

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