Appellate judges reacted with skepticism Wednesday to arguments that Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Ramos should be disqualified from hearing a state lawsuit to force former New York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard A. Grasso to return much of his $187.5 million compensation package.

Attorneys for Grasso appeared Wednesday before a four-judge panel of New York’s Appellate Division, 1st Department, to appeal Ramos’ refusing to recuse himself from the case and saying he would decide the reasonableness of the compensation in a bench trial.

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