Archive for June 9th, 2009
West Virginians can’t win for losing
Charleston Daily Mail
June 9, 2009
The politics of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has more plot twists than “As the World Turns,” and a 5-4 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court just kinked it even further.
The state’s highest court, with employer-hostile decisions and invention of novel causes of aggrievement, added to West Virginia’s [...]
Lot’s of questions follow Supreme Court’s Benjamin decision
Charleston Daily Mail
June 9, 2009
By Jake Stump
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Some observers were reminded of the U.S. Supreme Court’s vague “I know it when I see it” approach when the high court ruled Monday that West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin should have disqualified himself from a high-profile case involving Massey Energy.
By a 5-4 vote, [...]
