U.S. Supreme Court
Apr. 26, 2008
Stock Holdings May Force Justices to Sit Out Apartheid Case
Justices Stephen Breyer, left, John Roberts and Samuel Alito own stock in defendants of an apartheid lawsuit appealed to the Supreme Court, a fact that would require their recusal.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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WASHINGTON - When the U.S. Supreme Court meets today in a private conference, it could face the mother of all recusal problems for justices who own stocks.
The court is scheduled to discuss whether to take up an appeal by 34 companies facing lawsuits for doing business in South Africa during that country'...
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