The Gorsuch sale adds to a series of ethics questions surrounding Supreme Court justices.
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A 40-acre property in Colorado owned by Gorsuch and two other individuals was put under contract for sale on April 16, 2017, six days after Gorsuch began serving as a Supreme Court justice, Politico reported, citing real estate records.
The sale closed a month later, and the buyer was reportedly Brian Duffy, who has served as CEO of the Miami-based law firm giant Greenberg Traurig since 2016.
Duffy and his wife paid $1.83 million for the property—a 3,000-square-foot house along the Colorado River in Granby—and Gorsuch reported on a disclosure form he made between $250,000 and $500,000 from the sale because he held a 20% stake in the property.
The space where Gorsuch would have disclosed the purchaser’s identity was left blank.
During Gorsuch’s time on the Supreme Court, Greenberg Traurig has been involved in at least 22 cases before the court, including cases in which it filed amicus briefs, and Gorsuch has sided with the law firm in eight out of 12 cases where his opinion was recorded, according to Politico.
