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"Supreme Court rules that campaign contributions can create perception of judicial bias; The justices, in a 5-4 ruling, say a West Virginia Supreme Court judge who received $3 million in campaign contributions should have recused himself from a case"

"Supreme Court rules that campaign contributions can create perception of judicial bias; The justices, in a 5-4 ruling, say a West Virginia Supreme Court judge who received $3 million in campaign contributions should have recused himself from a case in which the donor was the defendant": David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

Adam Liptak of The New York Times has a news update headlined "Justices Tell Judges Not to Rule on Major Backers."

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined "Supreme Court Says Judges Must Avoid Appearance of Bias."

Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers reports that "Supreme Court makes it easier to force elected judges off cases."

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined "Supreme Court: Judges must step aside when there's perception of bias; The 5-to-4 decision, involving a justice on the West Virginia Supreme Court, establishes a broad, new constitutional standard."

Paul J. Nyden of The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette has news updates headlined "Supreme Court says Benjamin should have recused himself" and "Benjamin's replacement in Massey case not known."

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that "Court says judges must avoid appearance of bias."

James Vicini of Reuters reports that "Recusal required in Massey Energy case."

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that "Campaign Money Can Disqualify Judges, Top Court Says."

law.com's Tony Mauro reports that "Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling on Judicial Recusal."

And this evening's broadcast of NPR's "All Things Considered" contained an audio segment entitled "Court: Judges Must Avoid Appearance Of Bias" (RealPlayer required) featuring Nina Totenberg.

You can access today's 5-4 ruling in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., No. 08-22, by clicking here.

Full post as published by How Appealing on June 08, 2009 (boomark / email).