• valkyre09@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That’s interesting, in a case like this the chances of the judge owning an HP printer are pretty high.

    Would they still be allowed to rule on the case?

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      1 year ago

      With something ubiquitous I don’t think there is a choice.

      Think of if the case involved the iPhone or Android. You literally couldn’t find someone that didn’t own at least one of those.

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      1 year ago

      Would they still be allowed to rule on the case?

      Judges recuse themselves AFAIK. An appeals court might override and say a judge shouldn’t have been on it but that’s pretty rare. So as long as the judges feels they can remain impartial they’ll be able to preside.