Back in July, MDN reported on the somewhat odd case of a West Virginia Circuit Court judge who allegedly waved and pointed a gun at an attorney for EQT Corporation during a hearing about a case brought against EQT by landowners for improper deductions of post-production expenses from their royalty payments (see WV Judge in Landowner Royalty Lawsuit Points Gun at EQT Lawyer). At first, the judge said he never showed his firearm but instead brandished an item from a first aid kit. Whoops. It was caught on tape–and it was a gun (although whether he pointed it at someone is still in dispute). This odd case has just gotten more odd: The judge, David Hummel Jr., abruptly resigned last week.
