Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co.
ELR Citation: ELR 20125 No(s). 08-22 (U.S. Jun 8, 2009)
The U.S. Supreme Court held that a justice sitting on West Virginia's highest court should have recused himself from a case involving a coal company that contributed large sums of money toward the judge's election campaign. In that case, a jury found the company liable for fraudulent misrepresentati...