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Senate approves business court plan
3/10/2010 4:00 PM By John O'Brien -Statehouse Bureau

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CHARLESTON - The state Senate on Wednesday gave its approval to a bill that would allow the state Supreme Court to create business courts in certain districts.

Charleston attorney gets contempt order from Justices
3/10/2010 2:55 PM By Steve Korris -Statehouse Bureau
CHARLESTON - Charleston attorney Scott Palmer Mason, who neglected a prisoner's appeal and stiffed the state Supreme Court, earned a contempt order.

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Benjamin

W.Va. voters want candidates to use taxpayer money, poll shows
3/9/2010 11:23 AM By John O'Brien -Statehouse Bureau
CHARLESTON -- A recent poll shows that a majority of West Virginia voters support public financing of state Supreme Court elections.

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Benjamin

Supreme Court won't hear cheerleading suit
3/4/2010 2:39 PM By John O'Brien -Statehouse Bureau
CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Supreme Court will not weigh in on the lawsuit that postponed a high school cheerleading championship.

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Kessler

Appellate court, right of appeal bill dies in committee
3/4/2010 11:00 AM By Chris Dickerson -Statehouse Bureau
CHARLESTON -- A state Senate bill that would have created an intermediate appellate court and a guaranteed right of appeal has died in committee.

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Davis article on punitive damages posted on Supreme Court site
3/4/2010 10:00 AM
CHARLESTON -- The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has posted on its Web site a research article on punitive damages written by Chief Justice Robin Jean Davis and her Senior Law Clerk, Louis Palmer.

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Wilson

Order will impact asbestos verdicts
3/3/2010 4:15 PM By Chris Dickerson -Statehouse Bureau
CHARLESTON -- An order filed Wednesday will ensure asbestos plaintiffs don't get paid twice for the same alleged injuries.

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Davis

LAWS 2010 cancelled due to snow days
2/24/2010 10:00 AM By Chris Dickerson -Statehouse Bureau
CHARLESTON -- The LAWS program that had been scheduled for March 30 in Moundsville has been cancelled due to the high number of school days missed this year because of snow in the Northern Panhandle, Supreme Court Chief Justice Robin Jean Davis said Wednesday.

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Thompson

Business court plan moves ahead
2/22/2010 8:15 AM By John O'Brien -Statehouse Bureau
CHARLESTON - The state House Judiciary Committee has advanced plans to create business courts in the state.

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Benjamin

Executive session tape must be given to law judge, Justices rule
2/18/2010 1:45 PM By Steve Korris -Statehouse Bureau
CHARLESTON - Regular folks can't listen to tape recordings from closed meetings of elected officials, but a fact finder in a job discrimination case can listen, according to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.

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Ketchum

CALA criticizes Ketchum's change of heart on need for new appellate court
2/18/2010 8:00 AM By Chris Dickerson -Statehouse Bureau
CHARLESTON -- A statewide judicial reform group is criticizing state Supreme Court Justice Menis Ketchum for switching gears on the need for an intermediate appellate court.

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