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The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia is the state supreme court of the state of West Virginia, the highest of West Virginia's state courts.The court sits primarily at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, although from 1873 to 1915, it was also required by state law to hold sessions in Charles Town in the state's Eastern Panhandle. [1]
Year Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 1873: Moore: Paull: Hoffmann: A.F. Haymond: 1874 1875 Dec. 24: Green 1876 Jun. 13: Edmiston 1877: Johnson 1878 1879 1880 1881
The court is empowered to hold court at any county seat in the state. [3] The court system purchased the City Center East office building in the Kanawha City neighborhood of Charleston, and the court is housed there. A court room was constructed on the first floor of the building. [4]
The West Virginia Circuit Courts are the West Virginia state trial courts of general jurisdiction. They are the only state trial courts in West Virginia that are courts of record. West Virginia's 55 counties are divided into 31 circuits, each comprising anywhere from one to four counties. Different circuits have different numbers of judges; 11 ...
Courts of West Virginia include: ... Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia (Effective July 1, 2022) [2] West Virginia Circuit Courts (31 judicial circuits) [1]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has vacated part of a finding that cleared five West Virginia police officers on qualified immunity grounds in an excessive force lawsuit, which ...
John A. Hutchison (born 1950) is an American lawyer who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from 2018 to 2024. He served as chief justice in 2022. He served as chief justice in 2022.
The 2024 election is the first election for the Intermediate Court of Appeals following its creation in 2022. The incumbent is Thomas E. Scarr of Huntington, who was appointed to the court by Governor Jim Justice for a two and one half year term. Scarr elected to not run for reelection.