Massey Gives Protesters What They Want
by Ken Ward Jr.
![e_img_6328 James McGuinness directs Massey Energy's private investigators off private property.](http://climategroundzero.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/e_img_6328.jpg)
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Raleigh County Circuit Judge John A. Hutchison might not see the protesters in his courtroom again, but environmental activists seem unlikely to halt their peaceful actions against Massey Energy anytime soon.
As the Gazette reported earlier, Hutchison agreed yesterday morning to consolidate Massey’s court actions against the protesters and ship the cases over to his fellow Raleigh Circuit Judge, Robert A. Burnside. But first, Hutchison extended his previous temporary restraining order for a couple more weeks.
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