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Hidden Interests

Federal Judges or Their Brokers Traded Stocks of Litigants During
Cases

Dozens of judges have reported share purchases and sales made while
they presided in suits involving those companies, a WSJ investigation
found

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By
Coulter Jones
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,
Joe Palazzolo
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Joe Palazzolo

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and
James V. Grimaldi
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James V. Grimaldi

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Oct. 15, 2021 9:59 am ET

Mary Geiger Lewis acquired Walmart Inc. stock. Charles Norgle Sr.
reported nearly a dozen buys and sells of Pfizer Inc. shares. Charles
Siragusa had two accounts that bought Medtronic PLC stock.

None of that would be a problem, except for this: All are federal
judges, and at the time of the trades, all were hearing cases
involving those companies.

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