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17 St. Mary's L.J. 599 (1985-1986)
Disqualification and Recusal of Judges

handle is hein.journals/stmlj17 and id is 611 raw text is: ST. MARY'S LAW JOURNAL VOLUME 17 1986 No. 3 ARTICLES DISQUALIFICATION AND RECUSAL OF JUDGES WILLIAM W. KILGARLIN* JENNIFER BRUCH** I. Introduction ............................................ 601 II. D isqualification ......................................... 602 A. Disqualification by Virtue of Relationship to a Party ..........................................604 1. How to Compute Relationship ................. 604 2. Definition of a Party ........................... 605 3. Disqualification Because of Relationship With an A ttorney ....................................... 606 a. Workers' Compensation Cases .............. 606 b. Contingent Fee Contracts ................... 607 c. Court Awarded Attorneys' Fees ............. 608 d. Criminal Cases ............................. 609 4. Exception to Relative Rule ..................... 610 * Justice, The Supreme Court of Texas; B.S., The University of Houston; LL.B., Univer- sity of Texas. ** Briefing Attorney, The Supreme Court of Texas; A.B., Harvard University; J.D., Uni- versity of Texas.