Questão jurídica principal
Whether the district court was subject to recusal in its entirety because of the family link between a judge-assessor and a court member.
Decisão extraída
The recusal request was admissible and well founded; the appearance of partiality justified recusal of the authority as a whole.
Fundamentação extraída
Regular professional contacts between the judge-assessor and the members of the court could create an objective appearance of friendship or enmity; given the impartiality guarantee, recusal was required.