By Coulter Jones, Joe Palazzolo and James V. Grimaldi
WSJ
November 3, 2021
One of America’s most prominent federal judges acknowledged in court notices that he may have violated the law in 138 lawsuits identified by The Wall Street Journal between 2011 and 2018 by hearing cases that involved companies in which he or his wife had a financial interest.
The admissions by U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, most made in notices filed Friday by a court clerk, involved some of America’s biggest brand-name stocks including Exxon Mobil Corp. , McDonald’s Corp. Microsoft Corp. JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Walmart Inc.