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Lawyer only defendant remaining in unjust incarceration case
HUNTINGTON – A man who sued Huntington policemen, a federal agent and his former lawyer over his unjust incarceration, has dropped his claims against everyone but the lawyer.
Justices to hear Huntington residency case
CHARLESTON – Huntington Mayor David Felinton will defend his right to fire city employees who don't live in the city when the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals hears oral arguments Sept. 3.
Greear calls McGraw practices unethical, illegal
Greear WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - Hiring private attorneys to represent West Virginia on a contingency fee basis is illegal and unethical, Republican attorney general candidate Dan Greear told state business leaders Wednesday.
Don't strike brief, Record maintains
Canterbury CHARLESTON - Kanawha Circuit Judge Louis Bloom shouldn't discard friendly advice from The West Virginia Record as he decides whether the Associated Press can see electronic mail of Supreme Court justices, The Record argues.
Libertarians take state ballot issue to federal court
CHARLESTON - Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr missed an Aug. 1 deadline to qualify for the West Virginia ballot, but he argues in federal court that his party shouldn't have to meet an earlier deadline than Democrats and Republicans.
Judge withholds $3.9 million from Visa, MC attorneys
McGraw WHEELING - Circuit Court Judge Ronald Wilson is withholding $3.9 million from lawyers who helped Attorney General Darrell McGraw sue Visa and MasterCard.
Former Mingo deputy drops commissioners from case
CHARLESTON – Five weeks after Mingo County Commission members pleaded in federal court that former sheriff's sergeant Roy Glenn Messer shouldn't have sued them over losing his job, Messer agreed.
Law board seeks to dismiss suit over student's test failure
CHARLESTON – While Shannon Kelly awaits the results of his West Virginia bar examination, the Board of Law Examiners seeks to dismiss a federal lawsuit claiming they didn't accommodate his learning disability.
Man who saved baby deer now going after DNR
ELKINS – Joel Rosenthal, who made the Division of Natural Resources look foolish for prosecuting his rescue of a baby deer as a crime, now seeks to make the division pay.
Case that split judge, jury also splits Supreme Court
Benjamin CHARLESTON – In a case that drove Raleigh County jurors and Circuit Judge Robert Burnside in opposite decisions, three Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals sided with the jury and two sided with the judge.
ATF agent says he's not to blame for man's imprisonment
HUNTINGTON - Special agent Todd Willard of the U.S. Treasury's bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives has denied responsibility for the improper incarceration of John David Mooney.
Attorney drops claims against doctor after government gets involved
BECKLEY – Attorney Robert Berthold Jr. of Charleston thought client Tiffany Lambert sued physician Norman Siegal and nurse midwife Carolyn Spurlock over brain damage her son suffered, but she sued the United States of America.
Huntington policemen say they don't belong in civil suit
HUNTINGTON – Three Huntington policemen plead in U.S. District Court that they don't belong in a civil suit that former prison inmate John David Mooney filed after U. S. appeals judges vacated his conviction.
Faber denies injunction of man wanting aid on bar exam
CHARLESTON – Five days before the West Virginia state bar examination, U. S. District Judge David Faber denied an injunction that would have given prospective lawyer Shannon Kelly twice as much time as other test takers.
Canterbury's lawyer challenges Record amicus brief
CHARLESTON – State Court Administrator Steve Canterbury wants Kanawha Circuit Judge Lewis Bloom to reject a "friend of the court" brief from The West Virginia Record in a dispute over public access to electronic messages of judges.
Student with disability sues after failing law exam
CHARLESTON – West Virginia's Board of Law Examiners printed its examination in big type for Shannon Kelly last year, gave him a room to himself and allowed him an extra day to complete the test, and he blames them for his failure.
Wind developer got a break, Starcher writes
Starcher CHARLESTON – Wind power developer Beech Ridge Energy caught a break it didn't deserve when the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals approved its plan to build tall turbines on ridges in Greenbrier County, said Justice Larry Starcher.
Justices opt not to discipline late Cabell magistrate
Qualls CHARLESTON – Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals chose not to discipline the ghost of Cabell County Magistrate Alvie Qualls.
Record seeks leave to file amicus brief in AP FOIA suit against state Supreme Court
Canterbury CHARLESTON – West Virginians can read electronic mail exchanges between judges and private citizens even if the e-mails mix public and private business, The West Virginia Record argues in Kanawha Circuit Court.
Former Mingo deputy case goes to federal court
CHARLESTON – Mingo County sheriff's sergeant Roy Glenn Messer, who lost his job according to a June 26 opinion of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, seeks to overturn the ruling at U.S. district court in Charleston.