Holding that a U.S. nexus must be demonstrated for a federal criminal statute to apply extraterritorially, but not reaching the vessel registry issue because it was not presented
Holding recusal not warranted where judge presiding over defendant’s bankruptcy fraud trial represented a victim of the defendant’s fraud in bankruptcy proceedings five years prior to the defendant’s indictment
Holding that it was not abuse of discretion to deny a disqualification motion when a judge's husband sat on a board of a proposed cy pres beneficiary whose charitable works could benefit from the case
Finding that a judge did not abuse his discretion when he denied plaintiffs' motion to recuse himself because of previous employment with counsel representing the defendant in earlier litigation
Holding that a district judge abused her discretion in failing to recuse herself from a criminal case in light of an intense dispute between the defendant and a friend of the judge's