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WV high court justice campaign contributor recusal ruling [US SC]
June 8, 2009 08:09:00 pm

Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Company, US Supreme Court, June 8, 2009 [holding that the decision by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Brent Benjamin not to recuse himself from a case involving a major campaign contributor violated the due process rights of the plaintiff in the case]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.


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