<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Supreme Court of the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Argued March 3, 2009 Decided June 8, 2009 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Full case name </Th> <Td> Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Docket nos . </Th> <Td> 08 - 22 </Td> </Tr>

In the 2009 case of caperton v. massey coal the supreme court addressed the issue of