Question juridique clé
Whether the same appellate judge's participation after remittal violated the constitutional right to an impartial judge.
Solution extraite
No. After a remittal, the legal question remained objectively open and the judge's prior participation did not create an appearance of bias.
Motifs extraits
The remittal did not amount to a final ruling on the disputed part of the claim; the lower court could have introduced new facts or evidence, so the appellate court was not bound to a closed view of the merits.