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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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John Bowden

Justice Neil Gorsuch sold $2m property to owner of legal firm with cases before Supreme Court

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Another justice of the US Supreme Court is now under scrutiny for their ethical disclosures after it was revealed that they made hundreds of thousands of dollars in a property sale that involved the owner of a prominent legal firm with business before the court.

Justice Neil Gorsuch was revealed by Politico this week to have sold a property, along with other associates of an LLC formed for the purpose of managing the property, for nearly $2m to the chief executive of Greenburg Taurig, a firm which since the transaction has represented nearly two dozen clients before the high court. On subsequent financial disclosure forms where the sale was listed, Mr Gorsuch apparently did not identify Greenburg Taurig CEO Brian Duffy as the buyer.

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