"The Wall Street Journal identified U.S. District Judge William Orrick, of California, as one of 131 federal judges who broke the law by hearing cases in which they or their immediate family had a financial interest. The law requires judges to recuse themselves in such cases to prevent conflicts of interest.
In about two thirds of the cases — including one of Orrick's, the investigation found that the judges' rulings were in favor of the group that they had financial ties to, according to the Daily Mail..."
