Alito in $390,000 Stock Conflict

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Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. ruled in a 2002 case in favor of the Vanguard mutual fund company at a time when he owned more than $390,000 in Vanguard funds and later complained about an effort to remove him from the case, court records show — despite an earlier promise to recuse himself from cases involving the company.