Seven federal judges in Louisiana had financial conflicts of interest, investigation finds

They should have stepped aside when they owned stock in litigant companies

Seven federal judges in Louisiana are among the 131 in the United States who failed to recuse themselves from cases in which they had a financial conflict of interest, an investigation by The Wall Street Journal has found.

The newspaper’s reporters cross-referenced reams of disclosure forms with dockets to discover cases where judges should have stepped aside because they owned stock in companies before them. The judges weren’t accused of tipping the scales for personal gain. But under federal ethics law, they should have recused themselves from even the most minor of actions when they owned stock in the companies.

Many judges contacted by The Journal said they weren't aware of the conflicts and their stock played no role in their decisions.

Seven federal judges in Louisiana had financial conflicts of interest, investigation finds YNmyAes

Seven federal judges in Louisiana had financial conflicts of interest, investigation finds YNmyAes

.https://www.nola.com/news/courts/article_076138d8-207d-11ec-b611-5329b7eb13bd.html

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Seven federal judges in Louisiana had financial conflicts of interest, investigation finds

They should have stepped aside when they owned stock in litigant companies

Seven federal judges in Louisiana had financial conflicts of interest, investigation finds

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