Maynard Admits Meeting, Denies Impropriety: ; Justice Did Not Say He Will Recuse Self, but Will Respond Later in Writing

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West Virginia's chief Supreme Court justice acknowledged meeting up with a coal company executive while vacationing in Europe, but said their friendship "has never influenced any decision I've made for the Court."

"Like most judges I don't reward my friends, or punish my enemies from the bench," Chief Justice Elliott "Spike" Maynard said in a statement.

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Maynard Admits Meeting, Denies Impropriety: ; Justice Did Not Say He Will Recuse Self, but Will Respond Later in Writing

Photos filed with the court Monday appear to show Maynard and Massey Energy Co.'s Don Blankenship together in Monaco over three days in July 2006. Blankenship is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Richmond, Va.-based M...

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