TV Communications Network, Inc. v. ESPN, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a motion to recuse filed after the case had been dismissed “requests no relief which can be granted.”
• holding that a motion to recuse filed after the case had been dismissed “requests no relief which can be granted.”
• “Mere allegations of a social relationship between a judge and a litigant in his court are not sufficient grounds for disqualification.”
• \Mere allegations of a social relationship between <br>a judge and a litigant in his court are not sufficient grounds for <br>disqualification.\
• “Conclusory allegations do not mandate recusal under § 455. A judge need not recuse on unsupported, irrational, or highly tenuous speculations and should ignore rumors, innuendos, and erroneous information.”
• “Conclusory allegations do not mandate recusal 25 under § 455. A judge need not recuse on unsupported, irrational, or highly tenuous 26 speculations and should ignore rumors, innuendos, and erroneous information.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).