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Recent News About West Virginia Supreme Court
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Lawyer promises legal action if Morgantown passes ordinance to create citizen police review board
MORGANTOWN – An attorney representing the Mon-Preston Fraternal Order of Police has sent a letter to Morgantown city officials warning of a legal challenge if City Council passes an ordinance creating a Citizens’ Police Review Board. -
Governor, state GOP say Wayne County delegate vacancy was filled correctly
CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice maintains the first list of potential replacements from Wayne County to fill a recent House of Delegates vacancy did not meet state code, and the state Republican Party agrees. -
Justices send 2015 water leak case back to circuit court for reworking
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has remanded a case back to Kanawha Circuit Court to redo the class certification order consistent with another recent Supreme Court ruling. -
State GOP intervenes in Supreme Court case about Wayne County delegate appointment
CHARLESTON – A day after the state Supreme Court said it would hear oral arguments in the petition regarding the appointment of a new Wayne County delegate, the state Republican Party has filed a motion to intervene in the case. Meanwhile, an attorney says he has found evidence of hypocrisy with how Gov. Jim Justice’s office has handled the process. -
State Senator pushing for changes to how lawmaker vacancies are filled
WAYNE – In wake of legal action regarding the filling of a House of Delegates vacancy, one state senator says he wants to see changes made to the selection process. -
Supreme Court will hear state employees' pay case in March
CHARLESTON – A case involving state employees who claim they were shortchanged when the state switched from twice monthly to biweekly pay will be heard by the state Supreme Court. -
WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE: 2021 West Virginia Inauguration Ceremony
The 2021 West Virginia Gubernatorial and Constitutional Officer Inauguration Ceremony was held Friday afternoon on the North Side of the State Capitol Building in Charleston. -
Wayne Co. GOP chairman files Supreme Court petition regarding pending appointment of new delegate
CHARLESTON – The chairman of the Wayne County Republican Committee has filed a petition with the state Supreme Court saying Gov. Jim Justice is not following law in choosing a candidate to replace resigned Delegate Derrick Evans. -
Justices to hear transgender teen harassment lawsuit against school board
CHARLESTON – The case involving a transgender Harrison County teen will be heard by the state Supreme Court in March. -
State Supreme Court says government agency isn't immune from contract claims
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has ruled a government agency isn’t immune from contract claims. -
Stop over-naming and over-blaming
The asbestos lawyers tying up the dockets in West Virginia seem to have taken a cue from Dame Agatha Christie, blaming everyone in sight for the asbestos-related injuries allegedly suffered by their clients. -
Following her historic judicial career, Workman looks forward to retirement
CHARLESTON – After a legal career highlighted by working to protect children, Margaret Workman rightfully is looking forward to having more time to be a grandmother in retirement. -
Over-naming continues to be a problem in W.Va. asbestos cases, study shows
CHARLESTON – A new report calls West Virginia the epicenter for the over-naming of defendants in asbestos litigation, with one recent case having 210 defendants. -
WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS: Supreme Court Statement About Law Student Who Died
Justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia would like to express sincere condolences to the family of Seth Allen Underwood, a second-year student at the West Virginia University College of Law, who died December 30. -
WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS: 2021 Interest Rate on Judgments and Decrees
The Administrative Office of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has set the interest rate at 4 percent for judgments and decrees entered during the 2021 calendar year. -
Supreme Court grants writ of prohibition, saying lower court exceeded its powers
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that a lower court exceeded its powers when it certified a class while failing to thoroughly analyze before it making that determination. -
Justice Walker deserves thanks, not cheap shots
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Record recently published an editorial titled “Judge bestows generational wealth in West Virginia” that criticized a recent opinion by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia authored by Justice Beth Walker. -
Interest rate on judgments, decrees set at 4 percent for 2021
CHARLESTON – The Administrative Office of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has set the interest rate at 4 percent for judgments and decrees entered during the 2021 calendar year. -
O'Hanlon temporarily filling Kanawha court seat left vacant by King's death
CHARLESTON — Senior Status Judge Dan O'Hanlon temporarily will fill a seat on the Kanawha Circuit Court after last month's death of Circuit Judge Charlie King. -
Wooton takes oath of office as newest state Supreme Court Justice
CHARLESTON – William R. “Bill” Wooton has been sworn into office for a 12-year-term on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.