MANVILLE TRUST v. BLANKENSHIP

No. 11-1488.

749 S.E.2d 329 (2013)

MANVILLE PERSONAL INJURY SETTLEMENT TRUST; Amalgamated Bank, As Trustee for the Longview Collective Investment Funds; And California State Teachers' Retirement System; Petitioners Below, Petitioners v. Don L. BLANKENSHIP; Baxter F. Phillips, Jr.; E. Gordon Gee; Richard M. Gabrys; James B. Crawford; Bobby R. Inman; Robert H. Foglesong; Stanley C. Suboleski; J. Christopher Adkins; M. Shane Harvey; Mark A. Clemens; Elizabeth S. Chamberlin; and Richard R. Grinnan, Contemners Below, Respondents and Massey Energy Company, n/k/a Alpha Appalachia Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Nominal Defendant Below.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided September 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Andrew MacQueen, Esq. , Charleston, WV, Badge Humphries, Esq. , Motley Rice, LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC, Victoria Antion Nelson, Esq. , Motley Rice, LLC, Morgantown, WV, for Petitioners.

Brian Glasser, Esq. , Ricklin Brown, Esq. , Christopher S. Morris, Esq. , Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Charleston, WV, Mitchell A. Lowenthal, Esq. , Boaz S. Morag, Esq. , Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, LLP, New York, NY, for Massey Energy Company n/k/a Alpha Appalachia Holdings, Inc.

A.L. Emch, Esq. , Jonathan L. Anderson, Esq. , Jackson Kelly, PLLC, Charleston, WV, Ronald S. Rolfe, Esq. , Stuart W. Gold, Esq. , Julie A. North, Esq. , Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP, New York, NY, for Respondents, E. Gordon Gee, Richard M. Gabrys, James B. Crawford, Bobby R. Inman, Robert H. Foglesong and, Stanley C. Suboleski.

Thomas V. Flaherty, Esq. , Tammy R. Harvey, Esq. , Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso, PLLC, Charleston, WV, for Respondents, Don L. Blankenship, Baxter F. Phillips, Jr., J. Christopher Adkins, M. Shane, Harvey, Mark A. Clemens and Richard R. Grinnan.


KETCHUM, Justice:

This appeal is from the September 29, 2011, order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County which dismissed petitions for civil contempt filed by petitioners Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust ("Manville Trust"); Amalgamated Bank, as Trustee for the Longview Collective Investment Funds ("Amalgamated Bank"); and California State Teachers' Retirement System ("CalSTRS"). The contempt petitions were filed against the respondents who were former directors...

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