West Virginia Supreme Court
Recent News About West Virginia Supreme Court
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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. -
State courts can resume conducting jury trials
CHARLESTON – Jury trials can resume in West Virginia as long as courts follow the state Supreme Court’s COVID-19 protocols. -
Supreme Court says Harpers Ferry contested votes should count
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals found that four votes in a Harpers Ferry election that were contested should count. -
WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS: New “And Justice For All” Videos Available
Two new “And Justice For All” videos, focusing on the West Virginia Constitution and an overview of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, were released. -
Wooton promises to be 'the very best justice I can'
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court soon will have a new face among the five Justices. Longtime state lawmaker Bill Wooton earned a position on the state’s highest court June 9 during the delayed West Virginia primary. -
Armstead, Hutchison, Wooton win Court seats; Carmichael loses; Salango wins
CHARLESTON – Two incumbent Supreme Court justices are leading their respective races, while a veteran lawmaker apparently will win the third seat on this year’s election ballot was a tight one. -
WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS: Justice Jenkins Launches “And Justice For All” Civic Education Video Series
Supreme Court Justice Evan Jenkins on Monday announced the launch of a new civic and student education video series, entitled “And Justice for All.” -
Douglas stresses he did not apologize to Jenkins about television ad
CHARLESTON – A state Supreme Court candidate wants it to be clear that he didn’t apologize to a current justice regarding a television commercial and retraction. -
CALA calls PAC a 'sketchy outside group,' but ReSet WV says it fights out-of-state corruptness
CHARLESTON – A statewide legal reform group says a "shady" and "sketchy outside group" is trying to be the state Supreme Court election. But a spokeswoman for the political action committee in question says it's the group fighting "corrupting influences of out-of-state money." -
State Supreme Court kicks off online educational video series
CHARLESTON – State Supreme Court Justice Evan Jenkins announced the start of a new civic and student education video series. -
Jenkins glad Douglas stopped running ad critical of justices' experience: 'Apology accepted'
CHARLESTON – Justice Evan Jenkins said he is glad state Supreme Court candidate Jim Douglas stopped running a television commercial he criticized as being incorrect. -
WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS: Supreme Court, National Guard Make Video About Workplace Best Practices
As courts throughout West Virginia begin resuming additional in-person proceedings, the West Virginia National Guard and the Supreme Court Administrative Office have worked together to produce a "State of West Virginia Workplace Best Practices Video" that is now available on the National Guard's YouTube Channel. -
WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS: Supreme Court Makes Recordings of Oral Arguments Available for First Time
Video recordings of oral arguments at the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia are being made available online, for the first time ever. -
WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS: West Virginia Courts Conduct Thousands of Virtual Hearings
West Virginia Courts have continued to serve the public during the COVID-19 emergency by conducting thousands of hearings using virtual technology. -
Douglas campaign ad draws fire for questioning experience of current justices
CHARLESTON – A state Supreme Court candidate’s television ad critical of courtroom experience of three of the five current justices has drawn the ire of at least one of the justices. -
WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS: Supreme Court Admits Lawyers in Virtual Ceremony
Fifty people were admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia on Wednesday, May 20, in the first ever virtual ceremony. -
Lawmakers file petition claiming Justice has exceeded his authority through pandemic
CHARLESTON – A state Senator and four members of the House of Delegates have filed a petition with the state Supreme Court saying Gov. Jim Justice has abused his power through the Coronavirus pandemic. -
Supreme Court suspends Putnam County attorney's law license for multiple violations of rules of conduct
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has suspended the law license of a Buffalo attorney for nine months. -
WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS: WV Courts to Begin First Step of Gradual, Phased-in Resumption of Operations on May 18; New Protocols to Guide Procedures
West Virginia courts can begin the first steps of a gradual, phased-in return to normal operations beginning May 18, 2020, under a new order and accompanying guidance, the Supreme Court announced Wednesday. -
New protocols allow state courts to begin gradual return to normal May 18
CHARLESTON – State courts across West Virginia will begin a gradual return to normal on May 18 after state Supreme Court Chief Justice Tim Armstead issued a new order and protocols to guide judges, attorneys and parties through the process of stepping out of Coronavirus pandemic procedures put in place in mid-March.