Justice Alito’s Stock Portfolio Stands Apart on US Supreme Court

Justice Samuel Alito is the only US Supreme Court member with a stake in more than two dozen individual companies, a distinction that threatens to sideline him from major business cases.

Alito or his wife own tens of thousands of dollars of stock in companies including Raytheon Co., ConocoPhillips and a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. The holdings may force him to recuse as oil companies challenge lawsuits blaming them for climate change and J&J tries to settle talc lawsuits by placing a subsidiary into bankruptcy.

Samuel Alito

Photographer: Erin Schaff/The New York Times/Bloomberg

Alito’s 2023 financial disclosure report was publicly released last week and ...