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• holding that recusal is not required in a case where a party is represented by a firm of which the judge was a partner several years earlier
• explaining that, because the right to appeal is part of the bankruptcy estate, only the trustee can pursue an appeal, unless the trustee has abandoned the appeal
• explaining that, because the right to appeal is part of the bankruptcy estate, only the trustee can pursue an appeal, unless the trustee has abandoned the appeal
• stating that “when the court has invested substantial judicial resources and there is indisputably no evidence of prejudice, a motion for recusal of a trial judge should be supported by substantial justification, not fanciful illusion”
• “Where a party makes known the substance of the evidence it desires to introduce, we review the District Court’s decision to exclude the evidence for an abuse of discretion.”
• judge not required to recuse self even though judge recused self in earlier action oiit of excess caution

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).