dollars to bp. that casts a spotlight on his own financial ties to the oil and gas industry. judge hughes owns land that produces oil. land that he leases to oil companies. he gets annual royalties from whatever they pump out. in 2008, the most recent records available, he received royalty payments from conoco-phillips, between $50 and $100,000. royalty payments from sun oil of $15,000 or less and royalties from an oil company called devon energy of less than $15,000. records dating back to 2003 show judge hughes received hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties for more than a dozen energy companies. judge hughes has said he's transparent, that all of his personal investment and finance information is online for anyone to see. >> when you take it together, is there a concern that a reasonable person, fully informed of all of that might say he's not just a judge who