RICHMOND, Virginia – The nation’s only generic maker of mifepristone has filed a federal appellate brief claiming West Virginia’s near-total abortion ban is preempted by federal law and should be struck down.
RICHMOND, Virginia – EQT says a federal judge improperly certified a class in an oil and gas royalties case. The company filed its first brief January 8 in the appeal before the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
RICHMOND, Virginia – A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court ruling that said a Raleigh County family court judge was not entitled to judicial immunity after she stopped a 2020 court hearing to search a man’s home without a warrant.
CHARLESTON – A federal appeals court has dismissed – for now –an appeal seeking to overturn a lower court’s motion to dismiss a case in which a woman claims the former Gauley Bridge police chief sexually abused her when she was a minor.
A federal appeals court has fortified a West Virginia policy that aims to level the playing field between policyholders and insurance companies in litigated claims, but critics say such policies ultimately increase the cost of insurance.
RICHMOND, Virginia – In a rare move, a federal judge has certified an oil and gas royalties case as a class action without conducting a hearing about it.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office is filing an application with the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate the injunction pending appeal in a case challenging West Virginia’s ban on transgender athletes.
RICHMOND, Virginia – A federal appeals court has heard oral arguments for a case in which West Virginia seeks to reverse a lower court ruling requiring the state’s Medicaid program to treat transgender people’s healthcare needs.
RICHMOND, Va. – A federal appeals court has sent a case involving administrative fees for people who don’t pay West Virginia Turnpike tolls back to district court.
RICHMOND, Virginia – A Raleigh County man is urging a federal appeals court to uphold a lower court ruling saying a family court is not entitled to judicial immunity after she stopped a court hearing to search his home without a warrant.
RICHMOND, Virginia – A Raleigh County family court judge has filed her brief with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to have a lower court ruling reversed in a case where she searched a man’s home following a post-divorce contempt hearing.
RICHMOND – The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a federal court decision, ruling West Virginia’s law regulating legal advertisements for medications and medical devices is constitutional.
RICHMOND, Va. — The panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard an appeal regarding a juror's social media interactions during the trial of former state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry.
The U.S. Forest Service approved a route for the Mountain Valley Pipeline that goes through Jefferson National Forest for the second time in the last four years.
Beckley attorney William R. “Bill” Wooton will be sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice in a ceremony at 2 p.m. Dec. 30, in the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Courtroom.
