Workman CHARLESTON –- Jeffrey Skidmore can spend more time with 13 year old son Joshua than his divorce order allowed, the Supreme Court of Appeals has decided.
Media Center's Senior Computer Animator Joe Justice. (Photo by Kyla Asbury) CHARLESTON – There are certain events that are better seen than explained and the Media Center's Senior Computer Animator Joe Justice uses forensic animation to help attorneys demonstrate these types of events.
You can tell a lot about folks by the company they keep. That's especially true of our representatives in the U.S. Congress, who have the opportunity to join caucuses that focus on specific interests and goals.
Ketchum CHARLESTON – Ronceverte city council members who annexed a subdivision four miles away illegally included roads leading to the subdivision without including properties along the roads, the Supreme Court of Appeals decided on Jan. 20.
PENSACOLA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge in Florida has ruled that the mandate in President Barack Obama's health care reform law that requires individuals to purchase health insurance is unconstitutional.
Chambers CHARLESTON – Tax preparer Jackson Hewitt couldn't convince the Supreme Court of Appeals to review a decision defining it as a credit broker for purposes of a class action.
CHARLESTON – Developers who built 40 homes in Hurricane under an old stormwater ordinance must comply with a new ordinance before building 31 more homes, the Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled.
Woody CHARLESTON -– Tax preparer Jackson Hewitt plans to ask the state Supreme Court of Appeals to review a decision defining it as a credit broker for purposes of a class action.
Benjamin CHARLESTON – Tax preparer Jackson Hewitt turned itself into a credit broker when it arranged refund anticipation loans, the Supreme Court of Appeals has decided.
CHARLESTON -- The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia this week upheld the order of a lower court to allow oil and natural gas drilling in Chief Logan State Park.
LEWISBURG – George Golf Design, a golf course design company that sued the Greenbrier Resort in September, has filed an amended complaint, charging the resort owner with defamation.
MORGANTOWN -- One of the beauties of the American court system is transparency. The vast majority of court proceedings are open to the public; court documents are a matter of public record; jurors are free to talk about their deliberations after the verdict is issued.
CHARLESTON -- "Justice for All" is more than just a slogan, a quick, neat way to indicate the diverse and lengthy list of supporters of my campaign for justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court. It is also a kind of personal commitment, my heartfelt pledge by which I live. It is the only standard I have known, the fundamental ethic which I have kept every single day I have been fortunate enough to serve West Virginians from the bench.
CHARLESTON -- First Judicial Circuit Judge Martin J. Gaughan and Brooke County Chief Probation Officer Jim Lee were recently recognized for the success of the Northern Panhandle Treatments Courts program they helped to create.
CHARLESTON -- A Raleigh circuit judge has decided to take evidence in Lincoln County's May 11 contested primary election after the case was moved out of Lincoln County.
Choi CINCINNATI -- The patent bar and the broader intellectual property community have been holding their breath since the Supreme Court granted certiorari on June 1, 2009, regarding the case of Bernard Bilski's patent application.
Davis CHARLESTON – Pittsburgh attorneys who represented coal companies of Jim Justice can't switch sides and represent a client suing his companies, the Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled.