(04-27-2023 08:24 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  Crow was CEO of a company being sued for damages and the court, including Thomas, refused to hear the case. Thomas should have recused himself since his friend was directly involved in the case.
How the heck is that not a conflict of interest????

Facts matter.

Crow was CEO of a company that had (among many other holdings) a 50% or less interest in a company that was being sued for damages. (I'm going from memory, and the article either said 50% or almost 50%.... but clearly implied less than 50.1%/not fully controlling interest... doesn't make a huge difference, just saying why I say it this way)

His side won that case in Federal Court. So court one heard the facts of the case and sided with his side.

The case was appealed. The 5th Circuit court heard the appeal and similarly sided with his side.

The case was appealed to Thomas' court... and 4 members of the court did NOT agree with the argument presented to hear the case.

Where is the potential conflict if two other courts (don't know how many judges on those courts) WITHOUT a conflict and at least 5 OTHER members of a 9 member court all agreed??