West Virginia Supreme Court
Recent News About West Virginia Supreme Court
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Benjamin talks about judicial elections at National Press Club
Benjamin WASHINGTON, D.C. - State Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin said he was honored to take part in a panel discussion about judicial elections at the National Press Club. -
Putnam judge should've awarded legal fees to couple, Supreme Court rules
CHARLESTON – Putnam Circuit Judge O. C. Spaulding did not understand the meanings of "must" and "any," all five Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals agreed in a May 10 decision. -
Justices uphold dismissal of electrician's fireball case
Albright CHARLESTON – Electrician David Kyle cannot proceed with a lawsuit over a fireball that burned his face, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals decided May 15. -
WVU law dean Fisher retiring in 2008
Fisher MORGANTOWN -- John W. Fisher II announced May 17 that he will retire after 10 years as dean of the West Virginia University College of Law. -
Meth case elicits a few laughs in Supreme Court
CHARLESTON – Comic relief lightened the load of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals for a few minutes in recent oral arguments. -
Suspended Braxton magistrate should be paid, lawyer argues
CHARLESTON – Braxton County Magistrate Carolyn Cruickshanks cannot adequately defend herself against a criminal charge while suspended without pay, her attorney told the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. -
Do you need a license to drive an ATV?
CHARLESTON – Drivers of all terrain vehicles don't need driver's licenses in West Virginia, but Roane County prosecutor Mark Sergent believes that anyone who loses a driver's license should lose the right to drive an ATV. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Alyssa Sloan relocates to Steptoe & Johnson's Martinsburg office
Sloan MARTINSBURG -- Alyssa A. Sloan, Of Counsel to Steptoe & Johnson, has relocated her practice to the firm's Martinsburg office. -
Maynard warns that ruling could lead to more entanglement
Maynard CHARLESTON – Justice Spike Maynard of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals warns that a recent Court decision will encourage attorneys to entangle themselves in businesses they represent. -
Judges, state leaders review courtroom technology
Brad White, president and CEO of Nomad Technologies Inc., talks to Kathleen Gross, deputy administrative director of the courts. Gross is a member of the committee that will choose a vendor for multimedia courtroom equipment. MARTINSBURG -- Multimedia technology could eventually be set up in courtrooms throughout the state, and a special committee's visit to Berkeley County is a step in that direction. -
Justices says judge overstepped bounds in DNR pay raise issue
CHARLESTON - Grant Circuit Judge Andrew Frye stepped out of bounds when he approved a pay raise for Division of Natural Resources conservation officer Stephen Rexrode, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled. -
PERSONNEL FILE: New lawyers admitted to Bar
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals admitted the following people into the practice of law in West Virginia on April 17 and 18: -
Clay County man has contempt charges reversed by Supreme Court
CHARLESTON - Without an attorney, Thomas Auxier of Indore convinced the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals that Clay Circuit Court Judge Jack Alsop should not have held him in contempt. -
Supreme Court sympathizes with woman, but affirms conviction
CHARLESTON – Valerie Whittaker failed to persuade the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals that she killed in self defense, but the Justices failed to banish shadows of doubt. -
Judge or jury will decide how drowning settlement money is divided
CHARLESTON – Charleston City Council members approved a $190,000 insurance payment in a drowning case, but someone else will have to divide the money among the victim's feuding relatives. -
Supreme Court calendar for 4/16 issue
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Attorneys can get 30 percent of coal royalties, Court rules
Starcher CHARLESTON – Attorneys in Wheeling who settled a dispute over a coal lease for a 30 percent fee in 1998 can collect 30 percent of the royalties their work produced, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has decided. -
Electrician wants Supreme Court to rule on theory itself
CHARLESTON – Electrician David Kyle does not know why a fireball burned his face at Dana Transport in Nitro, but he wants to proceed with a lawsuit against the company anyway. -
Supreme Court calendar for 4/2 issue
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Three drug suspects withdrew pleas after Supreme Court wiring opinion
CHARLESTON -- Three Nicholas County drug suspects who had pleaded guilty withdrew their pleas after the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that police cannot send "wired" informants into homes without a warrant.