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· 12/30/1988

Madsen v. Prudential Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n

Citations

  • 767 P.2d 538
  • 99 Utah Adv. Rep. 3
  • 1988 Utah LEXIS 126
  • 1988 WL 139857

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that judge who had mortgage with party did not have disqualifying, direct interest in outcome of litigation
  • concluding that judge who had mortgage with party did not have disqualifying, direct interest in outcome of litigation
  • concluding that there was no evidence of disqualifying bias when the judge's remark was \[vliewed in its entirety and in the context in which that statement was made\
  • finding a disqualification motion to be untimely when the party waited thirty-nine days after an adverse ruling before filing a motion to disqualify
  • “[The Code of Judicial Conduct] not only regulates judicial conduct, but it also seeks to avoid unfairness by insuring each litigant an impartial judge.”
  • \A party who has a reasonable basis for moving to disqualify a judge may not delay in the hope of first obtaining a favorable ruling and then complain only if the result is unfavorable.\

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Judges: Stewart, Howe, Durham, Zimmerman, Hall

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