Surratt v. Prince George's County

How courts have described this case

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

• holding the 1986 amendments to § 1013 were ineffective to abolish the County’s waiver of immunity
• “Using an objective standard precludes the necessity of delving into the subjective mindset of the challenged judge”
• stating the standard as “whether a reasonable member of the public knowing all the circumstances would be led to the conclusion that the judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned”
• “[A] motion that turns out to be totally without basis in fact ... could be the subject of lawyer disciplinary proceedings”, citing Rule 3.2
• “[I]n order to trigger the recusal procedure we here prescribe, a motion must be timely filed.”
• “When bias, prejudice or lack of impartiality is alleged, the decision is a discretionary one, unless the basis asserted is grounds for mandatory recusal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).