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Recent News About West Virginia Supreme Court
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THEIR VIEW: Judicial system changes should be deliberate, fact-based
CHARLESTON -- While a young litigator, I had the opportunity to "carry the bag" of E. Glenn Robinson, a founding member of my former firm, Robinson & McElwee. -
Court employees, friends donate to Toys for Tots
Chief Justice Brent Benjamin, left, Justice Thomas McHugh, rear, and Justice Margaret Workman, right, pose with members of the United States Marines during a state Supreme Court lunch on Dec. 11. (Photos courtesy of the Supreme Court) CHARLESTON -– Justices and employees of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia and others donated toys to the Toys for Tots program during a recent holiday lunch. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Spilman elects new partners
Heiskell CHARLESTON -– The law firm of Spilman Thomas & Battle is pleased to announce the election of the following new Partners effective Jan. 1. -
W.Va. drops a spot, still the No. 2 'Judicial Hellhole'
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. -
Md. judge lets wind out of turbine plan's sails
GREENBELT, Md. -– Wind turbines can kill a few Indiana bats without endangering the species but the owners must ask for permission first, U.S. District Judge Roger Titus ruled on Dec. 8. -
Albright Jr. facing new disciplinary charges
CHARLESTON - No sooner did a Wood County attorney clear one ethical hurdle than was he presented with another. -
Suspension of Wood attorney withheld pending county approval of estate settlement
CHARLESTON - Provided he can prove to their satisfaction a quarter-century old estate dispute has been finally settled, the state Supreme Court has decided to put off its suspension of a Wood County attorney. -
Court suspends Weirton attorney's license
CHARLESTON - For failing to abide by the terms of a prior disciplinary order it handed down last year, the state Supreme Court has suspended the license of a Hancock County attorney. -
Davis is next Chief Justice
Davis CHARLESTON -- Robin Jean Davis will become the Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals for 2010. -
Attorney attacks tainted jurors, Justices rule
CHARLESTON -– A Huntington attorney tainted Cabell County jurors with personal attacks on an opposing lawyer, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has decided. -
Mall didn't discriminate, Justices rule
CHARLESTON – Charleston Town Center guards did not discriminate against two African-American teens, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals says. -
Justices say Maynard's e-mails shouldn't have been public
Maynard CHARLESTON -– Private communications of government employees don't belong to the public, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals decided on Nov. 12. Four Justices agreed that state law doesn't require disclosure of electronic mail between former Justice Spike Maynard and Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship. -
Commission asks judge to reconsider Far Away Farms case dismissal
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. -
Morgantown attorney surrenders law license amidst 41 ethics complaints
CHARLESTON - Following numerous allegations he'd abandoned his clients, a Monongalia County attorney has decided to abandon his license to practice law. -
Parents of boys killed in wreck can't sue state, Justices rule
Workman CHARLESTON -– Parents of two young men who drowned when their vehicle dropped off the edge of a single lane bridge can't sue the state Division of Highways, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has decided. -
Federal judge dismisses Jefferson zoning appeal
MARTINSBURG – U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey won't second guess a West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals decision approving construction of homes on 123 acres in Jefferson County. -
Timeliness a seeming issue with Grafton
WINFIELD - A wage collection suit is only the latest in a serious of legal woes attorney John Grafton has faced in recent years. -
Judge cancels Mingo deputy trial; sheriff prevails
CHARLESTON – Five days before a trial would have started between Mingo County Sheriff Lonnie Hannah and former deputy Roy Glenn Messer, U.S. District Judge Copenhaver cancelled the trial and declared Hannah the winner. -
Attorney again in trouble over unpaid taxes
PARKERSBURG - A Wood County attorney is again under investigation for failing to pay taxes. -
Hayhurst reprimanded in '96 for unauthorized practice in Ohio
CHARLESTON - A suspension was not the only punishment meted out to Richard A. Hayhurst in 1996. Records show the state Supreme Court rebuked him for practicing law without a license in Ohio.