Hall v. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail

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• holding that disqualification on the basis of bias or prejudice or lack of impartiality should focus on the party rather than counsel
• Section 144 and new section 455 are to be construed in pari materia and same substantive test of bias would be applied.
• controversy between lawyer and judge over the propriety of the lawyer’s use of a class action device did not suggest bias against the client
• vessel owner negligent when longshoreman slipped and fell on snow allowed to accumulate on deck of ship
• the fact that judge was acquainted with witnesses and defense counsel did not require recusal
• controversy between lawyer and judge over the propriety of the lawyer’s use of a class action device did not suggest bias against the client

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