Selected Press and Commentary on Caperton v. Massey

Stories covering the West Virginia case.

Published: June 15, 2009

Not for Sale (The Economist, 6/11/09)
Supreme Court Says Judges Can’t Rule in Cases Involving Own Big Donors (David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 6/9/09)
Court: Judges Must Avoid Appearance of Bias (Joan Biskupic, USA Today, 6/8/09)
Justices Tell Judges Not to Rule on Major Backers (Adam Liptak, New York Times, 6/8/09)
Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling on Judicial Recusal (Tony Mauro, National Law Journal, 6/8/09)
Court: Judges Must Avoid Appearance of Bias (Nina Totenberg, NPR, 6/8/09)
Case May Define When a Judge Must Recuse Self (Robert Barnes, Washington Post, 3/2/09)
Justice Not for Sale (New York Times, 3/2/09)
Special Interest Lobbies Pour Cast Into Judicial Races (Tim Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7/28/08)

Heavy hitters ask U.S. Supreme Court to take appeal on Caperton vs. Massey decision (Scott Finn, WVPubcast News, 8/6/08)
Legal Groups Blast W. Va. Justice in Massey Case (Lawrence Messina, Associated Press, 8/5/08)
ABA, groups urge high court to grant Harman appeal (Paul J. Nyden, The Charleston Gazette, 8/5/08)
Judicial Influence Peddling Question May Reach High Court (Emma Schwartz, ABC News, 8/4/08)
High Court Review Sought on Judicial Recusals (Marcia Coyle, National Law Journal, 8/4/08)
Special Interest Lobbies Pour Cast Into Judicial Races (Tim Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7/28/08)

A Win for Fairer Courts (Eliza Newlin Carney, National Journal, 6/15/09)
Bias on the Bench (Washington Post, 6/10/2009)
Coping with Caperton: A Q&A With Tom Phillips (Tony Mauro, Legal Times, 6/10/09)
Honest Justice (New York Times, 6/8/09)
The Supreme Court Talks about Judicial Bias—Sort Of (Dahlia Lithwick, Slate, 6/8/09)
Justice for Sale (James Sample, Wall Street Journal, 3/22/08)