Massey Energy

1. Troutman Advises Massey On $960M Cumberland Deal

Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010

Massey Energy Co. has revealed plans to increase its coal reserves by purchasing privately held Cumberland Resources Corp. and affiliated companies for $960 million in cash and stock.

2. W.Va. High Court Declines To Revisit Massey Ruling

Thursday, Mar 11, 2010

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals said Thursday that it won't review its November decision to toss a $50 million verdict against Massey Energy Co. in a long-running coal contract dispute, despite requests from embattled mining company owner Hugh Caperton.

3. Full 5th Circ. To Hear Katrina Public Nuisance Case

Tuesday, Mar 02, 2010

Just when climate change public nuisance litigation seemed to be gaining momentum, a federal appeals court has decided to reconsider whether a putative class of property owners along the Mississippi Gulf Coast has standing to accuse dozens of oil and chemical companies of adding to the ferocity of Hurricane Katrina through their emissions of greenhouse gases.

4. Coal Co. Wants Bayer $10.5M Arbitration Win Dumped

Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010

Central West Virginia Energy Inc. has asked a federal judge to overturn an approximately $10.5 million arbitration award to Bayer CropScience LP in a dispute over a coal sales agreement, arguing that the panel did not have jurisdiction to make the ruling.

5. Massey Fights To Oust Protesters From W.Va. Mine

Tuesday, Feb 02, 2010

A Massey Energy Co. unit has won a temporary restraining order in its effort to keep tree-climbing environmental protesters away from a West Virginia coal mine, scoring a victory ahead of the company's planned request for a preliminary injunction against the protesters.

6. 16 States Support EPA In Endangerment Suit

Monday, Jan 25, 2010

A coalition of 16 states and New York City is asking for permission to intervene on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a lawsuit challenging the agency's recent finding that greenhouse gas emissions are subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act.

7. Court Won't Rethink Blocked Justice E-Mails To Massey

Friday, Jan 15, 2010

West Virginia's highest court will not reconsider its decision to block access to e-mails sent between a former chief justice of the court and Massey Energy Co., upholding a ruling that e-mails sent or received by justices are not public records if they are not related to the business of the public.

8. Massey May Face Suits Over Polluted Waterways

Monday, Jan 11, 2010

A coalition of environmental groups has threatened to hit Massey Energy Co. with a lawsuit over more than 12,000 Clean Water Act and surface mining law violations the coal producer allegedly committed by dumping pollution into West Virginia's Appalachian waterways.

9. Harman Mining Again Asks Court To Review Massey

Thursday, Dec 03, 2009

Down but apparently not out, embattled mining company owner Hugh Caperton has again appealed a decision overturning a $50 million verdict against Massey Energy Co. for helping to drive him out of business.

10. State High Court Affirms $50M Massey Verdict Reversal

Friday, Nov 13, 2009

West Virginia's highest court has upheld on remand its decision to overturn a $50 million verdict against Massey Energy Co. in a dispute over coal contracts, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that the court should have disqualified a judge who received campaign funds from a Massey executive.

11. Massey Unit Buries Hatchet In Age Bias Suit

Friday, Oct 30, 2009

A unit of Massey Energy Co. has settled a class action over age bias claims, a deal that includes a group of unionized miners the company has separately been ordered to rehire after allegedly discriminating against them on the basis of their union status.

12. AIG Unit Calls For Arbitration In Massey Fire Dispute

Monday, Oct 12, 2009

American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co. has moved to compel arbitration in a case brought by a Massey Energy Co. unit over payment for a multimillion-dollar settlement of wrongful death claims brought by the widows of two miners who died in a 2006 fire in one of the company's coal mines.

13. High Court Hears From Critics Of Mountaintop Mining

Thursday, Oct 08, 2009

Nonprofit conservation group Trout Unlimited is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case in which the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition claims the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers abused its discretion when it issued four permits allowing mountaintop mining outfits to fill headwater streams.

14. NLRB Sides Against Massey Unit In Union Feud

Friday, Oct 02, 2009

A unit of Massey Energy Co. has suffered yet another blow in its long-running battle with unionized miners, with the National Labor Relations Board affirming a judge's order that the company unlawfully discriminated on the basis of union status by refusing to rehire the employees when it acquired a bankrupt rival.

15. Massey Energy Derivative Action Thrown Out

Friday, Oct 02, 2009

A judge has dismissed a shareholder derivative action against Massey Energy Co. that alleged the coal producer's directors breached their fiduciary duties by failing to ensure compliance with environmental and worker-safety laws.

16. W.Va. Court Grills Massey In Appeal Of $50M Verdict

Tuesday, Sep 08, 2009

West Virginia's highest court reconsidered Tuesday whether to uphold a $50 million verdict against Massey Energy Co., this time without the chief justice, whose reversal of the verdict was tarnished by connections to the coal giant.

17. Stay Lifted In Insurance Spat Over Massey Mine Fire

Friday, Aug 07, 2009

A federal judge has lifted a stay on a dispute between a Massey Energy Co. unit and American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co. over payment for a multimillion-dollar settlement of a wrongful death suit brought by the widows of two miners who died in a 2006 fire in one of the company's coal mines.

18. W.Va. High Court Eyes Judge In Massey Case

Friday, Jul 31, 2009

The West Virginia Supreme Court has reportedly ordered an investigation into allegations regarding a circuit judge's allegedly improper behavior in a water pollution case against Massey Energy Co.

19. Massey Drops Challenge To W.Va. High Court Recusals

Friday, Jul 24, 2009

Coal producer Massey Energy Co. said Friday that it would drop a suit seeking review of the West Virginia Supreme Court's judicial recusal policies, saying the suit's “driving forces” — including former high court Justice Larry Starcher — are no longer an issue.

20. Plaintiffs In Massey Slurry Suit Want Judge Tossed

Monday, Jul 20, 2009

West Virginians alleging that a Massey Energy Co. unit destroyed their groundwater supply with more than 1 billion gallons of coal slurry are reportedly demanding that a state judge recuse himself from the case due to his friendship with Massey's CEO and his appointment of another friend to oversee a monitoring fund.