CHARLESTON -– Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, declaring certain restrictions on the role of business corporations in elections.
McGraw CHARLESTON -- Attorney General Darrell McGraw has joined attorneys general from across the country in arguing against the recent decision by the University of California to dismiss a student ministry because it required members to affirm its core religious viewpoints.
Unlike most other states, West Virginia lacks an intermediate appellate court -- and State Supreme Court Chief Justice Robin wants to keep it that way. Her opinion is no doubt shared by attorneys who've prospered in our plaintiff-friendly lower courts, including her husband Scott Siegel.
Davis CHARLESTON - Groups are reacting to West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Robin Davis' recently commenting that the state has no need for an intermediate appellate court.
WASHINGTON –- Politicians who tried to discourage distribution of the movie, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," could have simply banned it under campaign finance laws the U.S. Supreme Court recently rejected, according to Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Maynard CHARLESTON - The state Supreme Court has refused to rehear a case involving the privacy of a former justice's e-mails and postponed a decision on a controversial $50 million case.
CHARLESTON -- In the movies, when the jury hands down an unjust verdict, the scrappy underdog lawyer — isn't it always either Henry Fonda or Al Pacino? — exclaims with steely resolve: "We're gonna take it all the way to the Supreme Court!"
Goodwin CHARLESTON – Judges from four states will gather in Charleston to help U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin evaluate experts in litigation over heart medicine Digitek.
O'Connor DENVER -- Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is leading the push against the election of judges, saying the process taints jurists who depend on political contributions to keep their places on the bench.
WASHINGTON -- The American Tort Reform Foundation was less critical of West Virginia's legal system this year, but still ranked it as the No. 2 Judicial Hellhole in the country in its annual report released Tuesday.
Heath CHARLESTON -- As usual, West Virginia's place in the annual "Judicial Hellholes" report released Tuesday by the American Tort Reform Foundation was met with widely differing reactions.
Blankenship CHARLESTON -- Faced with his third disappointing decision from the state Supreme Court, Harman Mining owner Hugh Caperton is asking the court to reconsider its latest.
Workman CHARLESTON -- The lone dissenter in the controversial $50 million case heard three times by the state Supreme Court has harsh words for the majority.
CHARLESTON – Department of Justice antitrust lawyers and owners of the Charleston Gazette once again have asked for a little more time to settle civil charges that Gazette owners created an illegal monopoly when they bought the Daily Mail.
Flaherty CHARLESTON -- Gov. Joe Manchin has appointed Tom Flaherty, founding member of the law firm of Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso (FS&B), to the West Virginia University Board of Governors.
Manchin CHARLESTON – West Virginia needs a mid-level appeals court to lighten the caseload of the state Supreme Court, according to a judicial reform panel report.
Blankenship CHARLESTON -- For a third time, the West Virginia Supreme Court has overturned a $50 million verdict in a case that called into question when a justice should recuse himself or herself.
Bastress MARTINSBURG –- Six days after U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey dismissed a suit to block construction of homes on 123 acres in Jefferson County, the county planning commission urged him to think twice.