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Supreme Court to hear $50 million Massey appeal

CHARLESTON – Five years after Boone County jurors awarded about $50 million on a claim that Massey Coal ruined a man and his business, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will judge the trial. The Justices will hear arguments … Read More »

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Starcher says Pakistani attorney “window dressing”

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Starcher

CHARLESTON – The clouds of controversy surrounding Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher became a lot darker recently.
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Supreme Court Law Library to host home buying workshop

The Supreme Court Law Library and Paul Jean from Chase Bank will present a free workshop called “First-Time Home Buying” at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 26, in the Law Library, Room E-404, on the fourth floor of the East Wing … Read More »

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Sides gear up for future showdown on MPLA challenge

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Westmoreland

CHARLESTON – A legal grudge match pitting two doctors against each other may hold as much at stake over the future of medical malpractice cases as last week’s Friends of Coal Bowl had for bragging rights as to who would be the state’s No. 1 football team.
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State Supreme Court to visit Marshall

HUNTINGTON – Executives of regional airline Colgan Air ordered their Huntington crew to stop tormenting prospective pilot Rao Zahid Khan, but a month after the World Trade Center attacks the Huntington crew fired him. Now the West Virginia Supreme Court … Read More »

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Justice Starcher presents J.R. Clifford Day proclamation

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Starcher

CHARLESTON -– West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Larry V. Starcher presented a proclamation declaring Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007, as “J.R. Clifford Day” to the officers of the West Virginia NAACP, the Mountain State Bar, and the J.R. Clifford Project.
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Starcher applies for State Bar job, sources say

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Starcher

CHARLESTON – State Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher apparently is looking for another job.
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Supreme Court Justices will read to students on Constitution Day

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Albright

CHARLESTON — Two West Virginia Supreme Court Justices will read to West Virginia elementary school students on Constitution Day on Monday, Sept. 17.
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Wayne County Juvenile Drug Court to open

WAYNE -– The Wayne County Juvenile Drug Court Diversion Program will begin operating during a ceremony at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 18 in Wayne Circuit Judge Darrell Pratt’s courtroom in the Wayne County Courthouse. The pre-adjudicatory juvenile drug court program … Read More »

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Court agrees to hear appeal in Mingo obstruction conviction

CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of two Kanawha County women convicted of obstruction of justice in Mingo County. By doing so, says one of their attorneys, the women hope the High Court will … Read More »

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Chief Justice ready to get ‘back to school’

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CHARLESTON – For Robin Jean Davis, it’s like starting a new school year.
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Man to plead his own case before Supreme Court to become lawyer

CHARLESTON – Michael Mounts admits he has a massive ego and a checkered past, but he doesn’t see why those should keep him from practicing law in West Virginia. Mounts has asked the Supreme Court of Appeals to overrule the … Read More »

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