Chief Justice Recuses in New Wyeth Case
The Supreme Court on Monday announced it was granting review in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, a test of the scope of the pre-emption provision of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. It also noted that Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. "took no part" in the decision to take the case. Though the justices almost never reveal their reasons for recusal, this one is almost certainly based on Roberts' stock ownership in Pfizer, which also became an issue in last year's landmark pre-emption case Wyeth v. Levine.
