Without comment, Supreme Court Chief Justice Elliott "Spike" Maynard withdrew from another case involving Massey Energy Co. on Tuesday, after lawyers for the other side invoked his Riviera rendezvous with Don Blankenship.
As The Associated Press reports, "Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. sought to disqualify Maynard as it prepares to defend a $240 million judgment it has won against Massey."
Maynard's Monaco met up with Blankenship, Massey's chief executive, one year before a Brooke County jury agreed that the coal producer "and one of its subsidiaries breached a supply contract, by diverting the promised coal to the spot market to take advantage of higher prices," the article said.
Wheeling-Pitt and its co-plaintiff cite other signs of the social ties between the two men, including their admissions upon the photos' release, and contend Maynard had not been sufficiently forthcoming.
"Reasonable people must question Justice Maynard's ability to fairly consider this matter which involves a very substantial judgment against Massey," the Tuesday filing is quoted as saying.
The Charleston Gazette also has a story. In a separate article, the Gazette also has Maynard's comments regarding his recent release of a credit card record stemming from the Monaco meet-up. From that article:
"I hope that the public will look at the receipts and know I paid my own way," he said Tuesday, after a budget presentation to the House Finance Committee. "I hope that's the end of it, but if it's not, we'll deal with it as it comes."MetroNews also has a story, and audio, from his Tuesday comments.
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