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Massey drops lawsuit against WVa Supreme Court
Charleston :: SC :: USA | 4 months ago
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W.Va. — Coal producer Massey Energy has dropped its lawsuit challenging the West Virginia Supreme Court's recusal procedures. Richmond, Va.-based Massey said in a statement Friday that the retirement of former Justice Larry Starcher last year prompted...
Court rules on elected judges
Washington :: DC :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Legal experts said more judges in Nevada might start removing themselves from cases involving parties who've made contributions to them to avoid the perception of bias. Others said the ruling opened a door for lawyers who want to get judges kicked off...
Tags: supreme courts, U.S. Supreme Court, West Virginia Supreme Court, The Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, cases involving, elections judges, step aside, courts rules, Texas
Supreme Court Divided Over Judicial Bias Case
Washington :: DC :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility But Justice John Paul Stevens said it was clear that the case at hand -- in which West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin refused to recuse himself and eventually cast the decisive vote in favor of a coal company whose chief executive spent...
Tags: West Virginia Supreme Court, The Supreme Court, step aside, John Paul Stevens
When Must Judge Recuse Self?
Charleston :: SC :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility That company's chief executive vowed an appeal to the West Virginia Supreme Court -- but first, he spent an unprecedented $3 million to persuade voters to get rid of a justice he didn't like and elect one he did. That justice provided the decisive vote...
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Massey case
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Supreme Court today agreed to hear a case involving campaign contributions Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship made during a West Virginia Supreme Court race -- contributions that critics alleged played a major role in electing a justice who subsequently...
Tags: West Virginia Supreme Court, Massey Energy Co., The Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court
W.Va. court expected to release justice's e-mails
Charleston :: SC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Steven Canterbury says he instructed the high court's lawyer on Tuesday to turn over the documents to The Associated Press within 24 hours. A Kanawha County judge ruled Tuesday that officers of the courts aren't exempt from West Virginia's Freedom of...
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