State v. Putnam

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that administrative judge has discretion in deciding disqualification issues, and Court reviews for “abuse of discretion, that is, if the record reveals no reasonable basis for the decision” (citation omitted)
• stating there is no per se rule requiring recusal “where a spouse or other relative is employed by, or is otherwise aligned with, a party appearing before the judge” and citing cases
• judge permitted to preside over criminal trial where officers from her husband’s police barracks were involved in investigation and as trial witnesses
• rule of per se disqualification is generally inappropriate in circumstances where Code of Judicial Conduct does not require disqualification
• “[T]he question of recusal hinges on the administrative judge’s exercise of discretion.” (quotation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Grega
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1998-10-07· cited 66×
• State v. Dann
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-08-08· cited 41×
• Adair v. State, Dept. of Educ.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2006-01-31· cited 39×
• McIsaac v. University of Vermont
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-06-04· cited 3×
• State v. Lincoln
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1996-05-15· cited 2×
• Diana Verdught v. Lee County, Iowa
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2018-08-01
• In Re Holland Cannabis, LLC
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2025-11-14

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In Re Murchison.
  Supreme Court· 1955-05-16· cited 2,510×
• Hewlett-Packard Company, Plaintiff/cross-Appellant v. Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
  Federal Circuit· 1989-10-06· cited 117×
• Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Turnbow
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-05· cited 102×
• Pamela Lea Maier v. Verne Orr, Secretary of the Air Force
  Federal Circuit· 1985-03-26· cited 101×
• Ball v. Melsur Corp.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-09-24· cited 79×
• State v. Calhoun
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-07-15· cited 65×
• In Re Alan Bernard Linda Bernard, Debtors. Alan Bernard Linda Bernard v. Jeffrey C. Coyne, Chapter 7 Trustee Clement Sheaffer Mary Sheaffer
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-07-29· cited 61×
• Calhoun v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1987-03-02· cited 57×
• State v. Romano
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1983-02-21· cited 56×
• United Farm Workers of America v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1985-07-16· cited 53×
• Richard v. Richard
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1985-09-13· cited 41×
• Zoline v. Telluride Lodge Ass'n
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1987-02-17· cited 38×
• Vermont Supreme Court Administrative Directive No. 17 v. Vermont Supreme Court
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1990-04-24· cited 18×
• United States v. Kehlbeck
  S.D. Indiana· 1990-07-20· cited 17×
• Condosta v. Condosta
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1979-02-06· cited 14×
• State v. Hunt
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1987-02-04· cited 7×
• People v. Taylor
  New York County Courts· 1984-10-24· cited 3×