08 February 2008

Maynard Drops from 3rd Case

Yet another Supreme Court case involving Massey Energy Co. will not be heard by Chief Justice Elliott "Spike" Maynard, after he recused himself from the third such matter Thursday.

"Maynard filed a one-paragraph notice Thursday, saying he was disqualifying himself from a case involving a coal silo Massey subsidiary Goals Coal wants to build near a Raleigh County elementary school," The Associated Press reports.

The Charleston Gazette notes that "the coal silo case marks the first time Maynard has recused himself before a party in a pending case has asked him to do so."

Both articles cite the now-infamous 2006 vacation photos showing Maynard in sunny Monaco with Massey chief executive Don Blankenship.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So obviously he's doing this simply because he got caught... He should be kicked to the curb.