Albright CHARLESTON – Under West Virginia law anyone who intends to sue the state must give 30 days notice, but Justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals appear ready to strike down that law.
Starcher CHARLESTON – Court records show the case of a twice-fired West Virginia State University administrator appeal to the state Supreme Court was the third time in as many years in which the membership of one the Justices on a statewide commission presented a potential conflict in him hearing the case.
Davis CHARLESTON – Relieving the fears of bankers across West Virginia, the state Supreme Court of Appeals refused to hold a bank accountable for embezzling that happened right under its nose.
Maynard CHARLESTON – West Virginia cannot collect sales taxes from businesses in other states but the state can collect income tax and franchise taxes from businesses in other states, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has decided.
Rick Thompson, D-Wayne, is sworn in as the new speaker of the House of Delegates on Wednesday by state Supreme Court Justice Joseph Albright. Behind Thompson, a trial attorney, are his wife Beth and son Dalton.
McGraw CHARLESTON – An appeal by state Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office for a new trial in a drug company case was rejected Wednesday by the state Supreme Court.
Davis CHARLESTON – Chief Justice Robin Davis of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals rapped the knuckles of Justices Larry Starcher and Joseph Albright for putting public libraries ahead of the constitution.
Benjamin CHARLESTON – Land owners in highway condemnations can pry into appraisals of their neighbors in exceptional circumstances. But according to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, judges who allow the prying must explain the circumstances.
Davis CHARLESTON – West Virginia magistrates may lack deep legal training, but they can hear deep evidence in criminal trials, the Supreme Court of Appeals declared.
CHARLESTON – Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ripped Kanawha County Circuit Judge James Stucky for putting a doctor's lawsuit in the hands of an attorney who had quarreled with the doctor.
Davis CHARLESTON – Chief Justice Robin Davis and Justice Spike Maynard of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals want their colleagues to reconsider an appointment of a dead woman's sister to administer her estate for her daughter.
The United States Supreme Court WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review an appeal of the West Virginia Supreme Court's decision in a venue case that has been monitored closely by business and court watchers.
Maynard CHARLESTON - The state Supreme Court decided Monday that Kanawha County's Board of Education is correct in its challenge of a library fund the school system is ordered to pay each year.