NEWS

February 18, 2020
Charleston Gazette-Mail  - Columnist
Intermediate Courts Again?  Really?
"Why is the Legislature considering instituting an Intermediate Court of Appeals again?   Couldn't they use the time to better West Virginia?"
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February 10, 2020
State Journal
Experts Break Down What an Intermediate Court Would Mean for West Virginia
"Millions of taxpayer dollars will be used every year to fund a new layer of court bureaucracy while the judicial playing field will shift in favor of wealthy corporations who have a much greater ability to absorb the higher costs and attorney fees of a second layer of appeals."
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February 7, 2020
Beckley Register-Herald
Democrats: Intermediate Court Would Serve Corporations, Not the People
The proposed intermediate court "appears to exist for corporations and not for people," and it will be "justice for some--the U.S. Chamber and the insurance industry, but not for all." 
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January 21, 2020
Charleston Gazette-Mail Editorial
Intermediate Court for West Virginia Makes No Sense
"West Virginia is its own state with its own set of dire problems and needs, none of which are helped by spending millions to create something entirely unnecessary" -- the proposed intermediate court.
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