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https://i0.wp.com/publicintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20140413_EL_CPI_099_0-3.jpg?fit=1260%2C966&ssl=11260966Key findings: The Center found 26 examples since 2010 where federal appellate judges ruled on cases in which they had a financial conflict. Sixteen judges in all 26 of those cases had letters sent to the litigants to alert them of the mistakes. The letters are the first step in possibly reopening the cases. Fifty-nine […]