| | Senate Judiciary Documents Put Roberts' Worth At $4.6M
By MARK H. ANDERSON
August 2, 2005 8:29 p.m.
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
WASHINGTON -- Newly released documents from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday showed that U.S. Supreme Court nominee John Roberts Jr. is worth at least $4.6 million.
The judiciary panel released almost 100 pages of detailed information about Roberts and responses to standard written questions the committee puts to every judicial nominee. Roberts, who was appointed as a federal appeals court judge in 2003, previously answered many of the questions released by the committee. But financial details contained in the documents are new and go further than material he is required to provide in annual disclosures as a federal judge.
Roberts has $1.61 million in individual stock investments and an additional $1.74 million in mutual fund investments. He also owns a house in Chevy Chase, Md., valued at an estimated $1.3 million.
His top stock holdings include a $291,200 investment in XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (XMSR), $264,300 in Dell Inc. (DELL), $205,400 in Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and $106,600 in Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN). His top mutual fund holdings are a $320,000 investment in Fidelity's Low-Priced Stock Fund and $280,200 in Fidelity's Magellan.
Roberts also has a number of additional stock and mutual fund investments in high-tech, telecommunications and financial services stocks.
Roberts listed a number of professional and private club memberships, including in the Metropolitan Club, the Lawyers Club of Washington, the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club and the Republican National Lawyers Association.
Addressing his disputed membership in the Federalist Society, a group of conservative lawyers and professors, Roberts said, "I have no recollection of serving on that committee or being a member of the society." Roberts does acknowledge participating in Federalist Society events and speaking before the group.
-By Mark H. Anderson, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-9254 |
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