What is the test for a judge to render a righteous judgment?
The following excerpt is from Beer Garden, Inc. v. New York State Liquor Authority, 582 N.Y.S.2d 65, 590 N.E.2d 1193, 79 N.Y.2d 266 (N.Y. 1992):
" 'Next in importance to the duty of rendering a righteous judgment, is that of doing it in such a manner as will beget no suspicion of the fairness and integrity of the judge.' So vital is deemed the observance of this principle that it has been held that a judge disqualified under a statute cannot act even with the consent of the parties interested, because the law was not designed merely for the protection of the parties to the suit, [79 N.Y.2d 279] but for the general interests of justice." (Matter of City of Rochester, supra, 208 N.Y. at 192, 101 N.E. 875, quoting People ex rel. Roe & Roe v. Suffolk Common Pleas, 18 Wend 550, 552; see also, Matter of Pelaez v. Waterfront
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