Tomblin CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court says it will not order state Auditor Glen Gainer to stop paying Acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin a governor's salary.
Tomblin CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - New Martinsville lawyer H. John Rogers, in a filing received by the West Virginia Supreme Court on Friday, says Acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin shouldn't draw a governor's salary or receive other perks of the office.
Lippman ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - Two groups have voiced concerns over New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman's proposed plan to ban judges from hearing the cases of their campaign contributors.
Cuccinelli RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - The Virginia Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and the University of Virginia in the matter of climate research by a former university professor.
Chief Justice Margaret Workman CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia House of Delegates has passed a bill that would increase fees on court filings and lawyers to help fund state Supreme Court elections.
McHugh CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court says "there was no basis for the trial court's involvement" in the case of four South Charleston High School football players who were suspended following an on-the-field brawl last fall.
Lacy RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - The Virginia Supreme Court said in a ruling this month that a ride at a snow tubing park did qualify as an amusement device under state regulations.
Goodwyn RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - The Virginia Supreme Court has reversed the decision of an appeals court in the workers' compensation case of a Ruby Tuesday waiter who was pelted with ice and suffered an injury to his shoulder.
Tomblin CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals listened to nearly two hours of oral arguments Tuesday to determine whether a special gubernatorial election should be held in 2011.
Tomblin CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in the lawsuit over a possible gubernatorial special election for next week.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has remanded the lawsuit of 15 West Virginia families who say their illnesses are the result of a former DuPont plant to Harrison County Circuit Court.
West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A public interest law and policy center called last month's decision by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in favor of Janssen Pharmaceutica and its parent company Johnson & Johnson a victory.
McHugh CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newslne) -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals have remanded to a lower court the case of alleged grave desecration by a company working to relocate a gas pipeline.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Thursday found that a lower court erred in finding that communications from Janssen Pharmaceutica and its parent company Johnson & Johnson to state health care providers were false and misleading.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals last week reversed a circuit court's ruling that an in-state company discriminated against and wrongfully terminated one of its employees.
Workman CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals last week reversed a lower court's order to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit against a construction company.
Cuccinelli CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Legal Newsline) - The University of Virginia has filed its responses to the latest civil investigative demand issued by state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli in the matter of climate research by a former university professor.