Alito Recusal Lifted, Will Participate in Case Involving Boeing

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will now participate in an arbitration case involving Boeing Co., a company in which he or his family members once owned stock.

The court announced Aug. 23 that the justice was no longer recused from Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC., which is to be argued Oct. 5.

The one sentence notation didn’t explain why Alito, who had previously sat out proceedings in the case, was now able to participate. The court also didn’t immediately return a request for comment.

But Alito in 2019 sold shares in Oracle Corp. to allow him to hear a ...