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W.Va. SC: Steel company's coil inventory exempt from tax
Benjamin CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a Northern Panhandle steel company's inventory of coils is exempt from a state property tax. -
W.Va. SC rules against hotel employee over workers' comp claim
Chief Justice Menis Ketchum CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals last week ruled against a Greenbrier Hotel employee who claimed she injured her shoulder while on the job. -
W.Va. SC candidate proposes rule requiring disclosure of messages
Chafin CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals candidate Tish Chafin says the state's justices and judges should disclose any messages they receive from, or send to, individuals with cases before them. -
W.Va. SC denies request by Wendy's employee for benefits
Chief Justice Menis Ketchum CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a ruling last week, sided with popular fast food chain Wendy's in denying a former employee's request for workers' compensation benefits. -
W.Va. SC: Man does not qualify for continued disability benefits
Chief Justice Menis Ketchum CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a ruling last week, affirmed orders denying a man's requests for reopening for payment of temporary total disability benefits and consultation with WVU's Spine Center. -
W.Va. SC: Former coal worker not entitled to additional award
Chief Justice Menis Ketchum CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled last week that a former Consolidation Coal Company employee is not entitled to an additional permanent partial disability award. -
W.Va. high court: Former steel worker's cancer claim compensable
Chief Justice Menis Ketchum CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals last week upheld an order by the state's workers' compensation board finding a former steel workers' claim for bladder cancer compensable. -
Judge in W.Va. campaign funding case: Judicial elections 'notably different'
Wilkes CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Judicial elections are "notably different" than elections for legislative or executive offices, Judge Christopher C. Wilkes wrote in a concurring opinion filed last week. -
Legal groups weigh in on W.Va. SC campaign finance ruling
Skaggs CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Though some legal experts argue that the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals' decision deeming the matching funds provisions of the state's Public Campaign Financing Pilot Program unconstitutional is "disappointing," there are those who contend the ruling also is slightly encouraging. -
W.Va. SC: Matching funds provision of public financing program unconstitutional
Loughry CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Friday deemed the matching funds provisions of the state's Public Campaign Financing Pilot Program unconstitutional. -
W.Va. SC grants McGraw's motion to intervene in financing case
McGraw CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has granted Attorney General Darrell McGraw's motion to intervene in a lawsuit over the state's Public Campaign Financing Pilot Program. -
W.Va. SC candidate responds to motion in financing case
Loughry CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry argues in a federal court filing that Charleston attorney Michael Callaghan's recent motion to expedite is "replete with inaccurate and unsupported" facts and the result of his own "dawdling." -
W.Va. SC denies motion to intervene in campaign finance case
Callaghan CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has denied Charleston attorney Michael Callaghan's motion to intervene in a lawsuit over the state's Public Campaign Financing Pilot Program. -
W.Va. SC candidate says high court should deny motion to intervene
Loughry CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry says the plaintiff in a federal case over the state's Public Campaign Financing Pilot Program has "no constitutional rights" to intervene in a separate but related lawsuit filed in the state's high court. -
W.Va. SC sets arguments in campaign finance case
Loughry CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will hear arguments in a case over the constitutionality of the state's Public Campaign Financing Pilot Program next month. -
W.Va. SC to make final decision on magistrate's settlement deal
Fouty CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Judicial Hearing Board on Wednesday began reviewing a settlement agreement for a county magistrate who resigned late last week. -
Three W.Va. SC justices won't hear public financing case
Davis CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Three West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals justices have recused themselves from a case over the constitutionality of the state's Public Campaign Financing Pilot Program. -
W.Va. magistrate submits resignation to state SC
Fouty CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - A West Virginia magistrate who is being investigated for violating the state's code of conduct has resigned effective immediately. -
Federal judge grants W.Va. SC candidate's motion to intervene
Loughry CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has granted a West Virginia Supreme Court candidate's motion to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's Public Campaign Financing Pilot Program. -
W.Va. SC candidate files suits in response to blocked funding
Loughry CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry this week filed a response to a federal lawsuit, filed earlier this month to block funding to his campaign.