Supreme Court· 6/9/2016

Williams v. Pennsylvania

Citations

579 U.S. 1
195 L. Ed. 2d 132
2016 U.S. LEXIS 3774
136 S. Ct. 1899
84 U.S.L.W. 4359
26 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 224

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applying the same “objective standard that requires recusal when the likelihood of bias on the part of the judge ‘ “is too high to be constitutionally tolerable” ’ ” (quoting Caperton, 556 U.S. at 872 (in turn quoting Withrow, 421 U.S. at 47))
“Due process guar- antees ‘an absence of actual bias’ on the part of a judge.”
“Due process guarantees an absence of actual bias on the part of a judge . . . .” (quotation marks omitted)
a showing of actual subjective bias is not required to establish a due process violation
internal quotation marks omitted, quoting from In re Murchison, 349 U. S. 133, 136 (1955)
“Both the appearance and reality of impartial justice are necessary to the public legitimacy of judicial pronouncements.”

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Judges: Kennedydelivered, Thomas

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