California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from McCann v. Municipal Court, 221 Cal.App.3d 527, 270 Cal.Rptr. 640 (Cal. App. 1990):
A further complaint is made by contemnor that the court had already found him in contempt and should have transferred the cause to another judge. The finding of contempt, of course, usually precedes the hearing in the case of direct contempt, as we have shown. Only where the judge is "personally embroiled" in the matter is a transfer required. (In re Buckley, supra, 10 Cal.3d at pp. 255-256, 110 Cal.Rptr. 121, 514 P.2d 1201; Hawk v. Superior Court, supra, 42 Cal.App.3d 108, 131, 116 Cal.Rptr. 713.) There was no personal involvement here. The trial judge was astonishingly cool and professional throughout.
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