Posted by Jonathan Adler: Court Orders Recusal in *Caperton v. Massey Coal*: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_06_07-2009_06_13.shtml#1244474438
Among the several opinions handed down today, the Supreme Court ordered the recusal of a West Virginia Supreme Court justice due to the excessive independent campaign expenditures made by the CEO of a company in a case before that court. The majority opinion was written by Justice Kennedy, and joined by the four liberal justices. Chief Justice Roberts wrote a dissent on behalf of the Court's conservatives. Justice Scalia also wrote a separate dissent. The opinion is [1]here. SCOTUSBlog has an early summary [2]here. References 1. http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08pdf/08-22.pdf 2. http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/court-orders-judge-out-of-case/ _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://lists.powerblogs.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
