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Environmental groups again ask for Mountain Valley Pipeline to be halted
RICHMOND, Va. — Environmental groups are again seeking for a federal judge to stop the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, according to court documents filed last week. -
Mountain Valley Pipeline project put on hold after appeals court grants stay
ROANOKE, Va. — A federal appellate court issued a stay, temporarily halting the Mountain Valley Pipeline from doing any construction through streams and wetlands in both West Virginia and Virginia. -
Environmental organizations seek for permit review in Mountain Valley Pipeline
RICHMOND, Va. — Several environmental organizations have filed a petition for review of three federal permits that were just issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding the Mountain Valley Pipeline. -
Warner appeals after federal judge says SOS needs new way to place candidates on ballot
HUNTINGTON – A federal judge says West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner’s office has to figure out a new way to determine how candidates are placed on the ballot. -
Loughry now serving time at federal halfway house in Baltimore
BALTIMORE – Former state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry recently was transferred to a halfway house possibly to serve the remainder of his federal sentence. -
Federal appellate court says officers shouldn't have qualified immunity in excessive force case that left black man dead
RICHMOND, Va. — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit found that Martinsburg police officers who shot a man in 2013 should not have qualified immunity in a lawsuit alleging excessive force. -
Bowman leaving job as dean of WVU College of Law, Taylor to serve as interim dean
MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia University College of Law soon will have a new leader. Gregory Bowman is leaving the college to take the same job at the Roger Williams University School of Law in Rhode Island. John E. Taylor will become interim dean July 1. -
Loughry appeal continued; former Justice seeks hearing on juror misconduct, bias
RICHMOND, Va. – Oral arguments in former state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry’s appeal of his of his federal conviction has been continued. -
UPDATE: Loughry reports to prison in South Carolina
CHARLESTON – Former state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry has reported to a federal prison in South Carolina. -
Loughry questions if evidence was sufficient in 4th Circuit appeal, hires former state Solicitor General
RICHMOND, Va. – Former state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry’s appeal questions whether there was sufficient evidence to support his February conviction on 10 federal counts of wire fraud, mail fraud and lying to federal agents. -
BOWLES RICE: Bowles Rice Welcomes Attorney Gabriele Wohl
Bowles Rice is pleased to announce that attorney Gabriele Wohl has joined the firm’s Charleston, West Virginia office. -
Appeals court grants request for WVDEP to start over on disputed pipeline review
CHARLESTON – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has granted a request by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection to throw out the DEP’s approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline and let them start over. -
Fourth Circuit upholds Justice Energy’s $1.23M fine
CHARLESTON – The U.S. Circuit of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has upheld a $1.23 million contempt-of-court fine issued to Justice Energy in a lawsuit filed against the company by James River Equipment. -
Fourth Circuit finds in favor of coal miner in 'mark of the beast' case
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) – A federal appeals court in Virginia has affirmed a $586,861 jury award handed to a man who says he was forced to retire from his mining job when religious principles prevented him from using a biometric hand scanner. -
Fourth Circuit finds in favor of coal miner in 'mark of the beast' case
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) – A federal appeals court in Virginia has affirmed a $586,861 jury award handed to a man who says he was forced to retire from his mining job when religious principles prevented him from using a biometric hand scanner. -
Blankenship's legal team files appeal petition with U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – Don Blankenship’s legal team formally has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal. Attorneys for the former Massey Energy CEO filed the petition May 25 asking the Justices to take up an appeal of his criminal mine safety conviction. They say the U.S. District Court in Charleston and the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., both erred in rulings, and they claim Blankenship was a victim of politics. -
Blankenship says he'll continue to fight for the truth, wants to debate Manchin
LAS VEGAS – Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship has finished serving his sentence, but he says he still plans to fight to get the truth out about the 2010 Upper Big Branch explosion. -
Morrisey, other states speak out in support of pregnancy center in free speech case
CHARLESTON – West Virginia is one of 10 states weighing in on a lawsuit filed against the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns Inc.’s free speech-related lawsuit against the city of Baltimore. -
Blankenship's request for a full re-hearing denied by Fourth Circuit
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court refuses to give Don Blankenship a full re-hearing of his appeal. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 24 denied a request by the former Massey Energy with a three-sentence order. -
Panel denies Blankenship's appeal to have conviction overturned
RICHMOND, Va. -- Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship must serve the rest of his one-year term in federal prison. A federal appeals panel on Jan. 19 issued a ruling upholding Blankenship’s conviction from U.S. District Court in 2015. Blankenship, who was sentenced to a year in prison on a misdemeanor conspiracy charge for the 2010 explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine that killed 29 miners, reported to Taft Federal Prison in California on May 12, 2016.