Loughry CHARLESTON – A day after state Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry sued the State Election Commission for not following through in providing his campaign public financing money, the panel held an emergency meeting.
Loughry CHARLESTON - West Virginia Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry this week filed a response to a federal lawsuit, filed earlier this month to block funding to his campaign.
Benjamin CHARLESTON - West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin, in a separate opinion released last week, says he disagrees with a majority ruling in November that a redistricting plan for the state House of Delegates is constitutional.
Callaghan CHARLESTON - The former chairman of the West Virginia Democratic Party is suing the secretary of state and members of the State Election Commission in federal court, saying the matching funds provision of the Supreme Court's public campaign financing pilot program is unconstitutional.
Johnston RICHMOND, Va. - A decision striking down key provisions of West Virginia election laws that attempt to regulate political ads by special interest groups will be heard by a federal appeals court in October.
Watkins CHARLESTON – Last year, the state Supreme Court ruled that Putnam Family Law Judge William M. "Chip" Watkins III erred in rulings he made in a Pakistani doctor's divorce.
Loughry CHARLESTON – State Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry says Secretary of State Natalie Tennant is crippling his campaign with rulings on the public financing pilot project for Court candidates.
Tennant CHARLESTON – The publisher of the Shepherdstown Observer has been granted summary judgment in his case against Secretary of State Natalie Tennant.
Shirley MARTINSBURG – The manner in which he arrested a bank robbery suspect 18 months ago has resulted in both a civil suit, and indictment against the Jefferson County Sheriff.
Some people don't get the connection between funding and free speech. They don't see how the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects a citizen's right to spend money to be heard, whether individually or in association with others.
CHARLESTON – A second lawsuit alleges a real estate holding company owned by a Charleston attorney failed to conduct due diligence in notifying the former owner of property it bought at a tax sale of her ability to get it back.
Tennant BLUEFIELD - An independent political action committee and a group of potential donors are suing West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant and the state's prosecuting attorneys, arguing that some of the state's election laws and policies violate their First Amendment rights.
Schneiderman WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, on behalf of a coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia, has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a Montana election law.
How did a patently unqualified person get his name on the ballot for our Democratic presidential primary and rack up so many votes? Granted, he's the incumbent, but still ...
Judd CHARLESTON – A man who sits in a federal prison in Texarkana, Texas, was picked by 41 percent of West Virginia Democrats in Tuesday's presidential primary.
CLARKSBURG - A downtown Morgantown hotel is suing another local establishment in federal court, arguing that the upstart hotel has stolen its name and is hurting its reputation.