Gorsuch's Property Sale Raises Conflict of Interest Concerns

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sold a 40-acre property in Colorado to Brian Duffy, CEO of Greenberg Traurig, one of the nation's largest law firms, for $1.825 million in 2017. The sale occurred just nine days after the Senate voted to approve Gorsuch's appointment to the Supreme Court. Gorsuch did not disclose the identity of the buyer on his disclosure forms, but did disclose earning between $250,001 and $500,000 from the sale. Greenberg Traurig has brought cases of all kinds to higher courts, and Gorsuch has sided with lawyers from the firm eight times out of 12 cases tracked by Politico. One of the cases where he sided with the firm was the momentous West Virginia vs. EPA case, which threw a wrench into the future effectiveness of any similar plans to regulate emissions from power plants.