Key legal question
Whether Bezirksrichter Y. had to be recused for alleged bias or appearance of bias.
Extracted holding
No recusal was required; the cited political affinity and the judge's prior procedural comments did not objectively establish partiality or an appearance of bias.
Extracted reasoning
Shared party affiliation alone does not satisfy the statutory friendship/hostility ground. The challenged remarks were only a legal assessment on the hearing issue. Prior participation in an annulled judgment does not itself bar reassignment after remittal, especially where the Federal Supreme Court had not addressed the merits.