Massey case returns to court

The one at the heart of the Maynard-Blankenship story.

And Benjamin's still there.

From AP:

CHARLESTON -- In a case rocked by European vacation photos showing its chief executive with the chief justice, Massey Energy Co. asked West Virginia's Supreme Court on Wednesday to echo its earlier conclusion and reverse a $76 million judgment against it in a coal contract dispute.

Lawyer D.C. Offutt said that the high court got it right in November when it ruled that a clause in the underlying supply agreement should have precluded the case brought by Harman Mining Co.

In January, the court erased November's 3-2 ruling and voted to rehear the case.

Offutt also agreed with the November decision's finding that a Virginia lawsuit, filed by Harman over the contract, should have resolved all related issues.