Madsen v. Prudential Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n

STEWART, Justice:

Plaintiffs Richard and Nancy Madsen appeal a district court order entered by Judge Philip Fishier which disqualified Judge Kenneth Rigtrup after he had presided over a trial in this case and had orally announced his ruling but before he had entered formal findings of fact, conclusions of law, and final judgment. Judge Fishier ruled that Judge Rigtrup had no actual bias, but did have an appearance of bias and voided the trial and all prior orders entered by Judge Rigtrup in the case.

This appeal is yet another installment in the protracted history of this case, which started in…