In one telling moment, he strained both credulity and judicial temperament.

Schwellenbach tried to use his judicial temperament to negotiate agreements.

A judicial temperament is not this judge's selling point.

The candidates are supposed to be chosen on the basis of judicial temperament, scholarship, writing ability and experience.

Chase was one of those people who are intelligent and learned, but seriously lacking in judicial temperament.

"It's a good thing I was in quiet chambers because my judicial temperament escaped me," he said.

It focuses only on three areas: professional competence, judicial temperament and integrity.

So, too - despite his apparent judicial temperament - is the "judge."

Of the 69, more than one-third expressed "grave concerns" about his judicial temperament.

It is hard always to maintain a judicial temperament.