Massey Energy Co. v. United Mine Workers of Am.

By Judge Randy I. Bellows

This matter is before the Court on Defendant West Virginia Consumers for Justice and Defendant Kenneth Perdue’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The parties submitted briefs prior to the September 22, 2005, hearing. At the conclusion of oral argument, the Court took the matter under advisement.

The Court has considered the briefs submitted, as well as the oral arguments, and finds that it does have in personam jurisdiction over Defendants West Virginia Consumers for Justice and Kenneth Perdue.

*119 I. Factual and Procedural Background

Plaintiffs, Massey…