Judge Had Conflict in Wis. Archdiocese Case, 7th Circ. Hears

By Lance Duroni
Law360
June 2, 2014

http://www.law360.com/articles/543355/judge-had-conflict-in-wis-archdiocese-case-7th-circ-hears

Law360, Chicago (June 02, 2014, 4:02 PM ET) -- Lawyers for priest abuse victims in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee's bankruptcy told the Seventh Circuit on Monday that a federal judge who barred them from going after a $60 million trust set up for Catholic cemeteries had a conflict of interest and should have recused himself.

U.S. District Judge Rudolph T. Randa — who ruled last year that the cemetery trust was off-limits to archdiocese creditors — has nine close relatives, including his parents, buried in the cemeteries, presenting a conflict in a case that could...