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08-27-2004 03:39PM FROM-DOL NATURAL RESOURCES 3038663558 T-045 P.005/008 F-067 <br />Finally, Upl_-,cr Ounnisun coMcnds that.lusLict Hobbs has communtc:cl on thz law <br />conccrniilg recremiimal in-chanilzl d1verslunS, i,iiplyiny, Lhat suCh can111lents viOlkuC thc <br />adnioilitioil in Czino»> 3(A)(6) zigainst --public commzni ahout a pcnding or impendiiig <br />pruuccding ixi any cuuu-t ..," 1lowever, Canon 3(A)(6) "cinus r1o[ pfollibit,jucigL!5 1r0111 <br />malcing puUlic starements in il-ie c?,urse nf tlleir 017716al duties ..." Tttsticc Hobbs' <br />comtnents to botl1 E,rint and broiidcdst nledia regardinb rc:creational in-chzinncl divs?rsio,is <br />siaiply ouiline tlic current siatus of ColorLtdo wateT law. Cnntrary to the suggeslinn Uy <br />Upper C'r<<nnison, tl-,ey ao noT express any opinions as to a desired oGiicome in this <br />pariictLlar case. Th--ru is simply no vrilid rrasori 1'or Justice HoUbs to disq«alify 1limself <br />fraili this casc. <br />IT. Tl-Ili APPY.YCaBLE LAW SHOWS THAT JUSTTCE HOBBS SHUUI.U <br />STAY 1N T1iYS CASE. <br />.fudgcs havc: a duty tu preside ovzr cases in llic absence of << vtrlicl rcasan for <br />disqualification. Sze J3d. Of ('ountv_Conim'rG v. F3lanninb, 479 P.2d 4U4, 406 (Colo. <br />App. 1970). Here, there is nu showiiig af :tppzrrent ur ac[ual bias concerning a law passzd <br />after,f ustice Habbs. took thC brnch, and thus, thurc is na support far ltic Motion for <br />UISqUaliliceition. Further, dwrc are valid LqlLi s1g[l1FCAilt 1'easolls lOr JuS[iCe Hobl]s lo tiIily <br />111 Lllls CEISc. <br />"Tho»e 1ecl.:ra1 caurts ol'appc:als which havc cousidered the mat%:r havz <br />Gtn3rti1tt0usly C011cludc:d tltat a federal judgz ba.s << duty to sit wherC noi disqi.ta?ified wf?icti <br />campelling example could bC Cuund ofa 541.L411011 in which a Justice liaci previously <br />commiiied himseli= Yct i[ is not and could nat rationally be sugbCs[ed iliat, SO Iollg 3s i11z <br />cases be difCereiit, a.ftwicc u('this Coul-t shuuld disc{ualify himself for thdt rcasun. Sze, <br />e.g., the upinion o I'Mr_ 7ustice I-Ia.rlan, juining in [.ewis_v. ManufacIurers Natiotzal Banlc, <br />364 U.S. 603, 610, 81 S.C;i. 347, 350 (19E1)." Laird v.'l'atLmi, 409 U_S. zit 835.