Wednesday, January 05, 2011
WV Supreme Court Set To Hear Gubernatorial Succession Case
WEST VIRGINIA....
At 2:00 P.M. next Tuesday, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in the Citizen Action Group and Thornton Cooper's consolidated case seeking a special election for governor. The Action Group and Cooper both filed against Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, House Speaker Rick Thompson and Secretary of State Natalie Tennant asking the Supreme Court for a ruling on a time line for a gubernatorial election for West Virginia. Justice Robin Davis has disqualified herself from hearing the case and Preston County Circuit Judge Lawrance Miller, Jr. has been appointed to take her place.
At 2:00 P.M. next Tuesday, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in the Citizen Action Group and Thornton Cooper's consolidated case seeking a special election for governor. The Action Group and Cooper both filed against Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, House Speaker Rick Thompson and Secretary of State Natalie Tennant asking the Supreme Court for a ruling on a time line for a gubernatorial election for West Virginia. Justice Robin Davis has disqualified herself from hearing the case and Preston County Circuit Judge Lawrance Miller, Jr. has been appointed to take her place.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:33 PM 
