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reporter: this man, lynn hughes, is the federal judge in houston, texas that bp would like to supervise all of the lawsuits filed against it. essentially judge hughes could make decisions worth billions of dollars to bp, and that s cast 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 con co-phillips between $50,000 and $1000,000, royalty payments from sun oil of $15,000 or less, and royalties from an oil company called devin energy of less than $15,000. records dating back to 2003 showed judge hughes received hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties from more than a dozen energy companies. judge hughes says he s ....
Between $50,000 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 happens to be dabbling. he is, in effect, a participant in the industry he is trying to judge. reporter: a judge who also travels to speak at meetings held by the american association of petroleum geologists. he doesn t get a fee for speaking at those meetings, but it does pay his accommodations, travel and expenses. in 2009, judge hughes presided over a case involving devon energy, one of the companies that pays him royalties, b ....
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 happens to be dabbling. he is, in effect, a participant in the industry he is trying to judge. reporter: a judge who also travels to speak at meetings held by the american association of petroleum geologists. he doesn t get a fee for speaking at those meetings, but it does pay his accommodations, travel and expenses. in 2009, judge hughes presided over a case involving devon energy, one of the companies ....
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 ....