Key legal question
Whether the judges of the cantonal civil court had to be recused because they had already dealt with the case earlier.
Extracted holding
Prior involvement in the same matter did not, by itself, create an objective appearance of bias; the refusal to recuse the judges was upheld.
Extracted reasoning
A revision request may be decided by the same judges who rendered the challenged judgment. Only objectively established circumstances showing an appearance of partiality justify recusal; the alleged errors in handling evidence and costs were, at most, appeal-type errors and not proof of bias.