Opinion ID: 3066148
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: “Biased” Statements

Text: “[J]udicial remarks [made] during the course of a trial” require recusal only if “they reveal such a high degree of favoritism or antagonism as to make fair judgment impossible.” Id. at 555. Blixseth cherry-picks a handful of quotes out of an enormous record; none shows even a slight degree of antagonism. BLIXSETH V. YELLOWSTONE MOUNTAIN CLUB 11 According to Blixseth, the judge “sua sponte requested” that counsel in his ex-wife’s bankruptcy proceeding “opine on the reputation of Mr. Blixseth’s lead litigation counsel, Michael Flynn.” This is, at best, a distortion of the record. The judge was asking counsel about points raised in his brief. One of those had to do with Flynn’s reputation: Opposing counsel stated that he had previously accepted Flynn’s factual representations because “at the time [he] was not aware of