May 13, 2010
Supreme Court to Release Revised Rules of Appellate Procedure for 60-day Public Comment Period
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
From WV Supreme Court of Appeals Release
Charleston, WV (HNN) - The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia will release Revised Rules of Appellate Procedure on Monday, May 17, 2010. The Rules will be posted on the Supreme Court website as will a press release about the rules.
The revised rules will be out for public comment for 60 days. “The public and the legal community are invited and encouraged to comment,” said Chief Justice Robin Jean Davis.
(Editor’s Note: The proposed rules which come following a review of the Judicial System in the State which was chaired by former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Conner, address the lack of an automatic appeal and/or intermediate court system. For instance, if a Petition is turned down, the court will have to give reasons, rather than just reject it outright.)
Comments on the revised rules must be in writing and received by the Supreme Court Clerk no later than July 19, 2010. E-mail comments are permissible but not preferred.
Supreme Court Clerk Rory Perry will conduct ten free 90-minute Continuing Legal Education and public education seminars about the rules in ten locations throughout the state. The public and the press are invited to attend and ask questions at the conclusion of each seminar. Printed copies of the rules will be distributed to each person who attends.
Attorneys who attend are eligible to receive 1.8 CLEs in office management/ ethics.
The seminars will be:
10:30 a.m. to noon on Monday, May 17, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Charleston;
3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18, at the Ohio County Public Library Auditorium, 52 16th St., in Wheeling;
3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 19, at the Fayette County Courthouse in Fayetteville;
10:30 a.m. to noon on Thursday, May 20, at the Judge Black Judicial Annex, Fort Boreman Room, in Parkersburg;
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, May 21, at the Upshur County Courthouse, in Buckhannon;
10:30 a.m. to noon Monday, May 24, at the Chief Logan State Park Conference Center in Logan;
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 25, at the West Virginia University College of Law, Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom, in Morgantown;
1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 26, at the South Branch Inn in Moorefield;
2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 27, at the Dunn Building, County Commission Hearing Room, in Martinsburg. This meeting will be webcast, the details of which will be announced later.
10:30 a.m. to noon, Thursday, June 3, at the Pullman Plaza Hotel in Huntington.
The locations and dates were chosen to give the legal community and the public in every region of West Virginia an opportunity to participate.
At the conclusion of the public comment period, the Court will review all the written comments before voting whether to approve the revised rules.
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Supreme Court to Release Revised Rules of Appellate Procedure for 60-day Public Comment Period
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
From WV Supreme Court of Appeals Release
Charleston, WV (HNN) - The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia will release Revised Rules of Appellate Procedure on Monday, May 17, 2010. The Rules will be posted on the Supreme Court website as will a press release about the rules.
The revised rules will be out for public comment for 60 days. “The public and the legal community are invited and encouraged to comment,” said Chief Justice Robin Jean Davis.
(Editor’s Note: The proposed rules which come following a review of the Judicial System in the State which was chaired by former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Conner, address the lack of an automatic appeal and/or intermediate court system. For instance, if a Petition is turned down, the court will have to give reasons, rather than just reject it outright.)
Comments on the revised rules must be in writing and received by the Supreme Court Clerk no later than July 19, 2010. E-mail comments are permissible but not preferred.
Supreme Court Clerk Rory Perry will conduct ten free 90-minute Continuing Legal Education and public education seminars about the rules in ten locations throughout the state. The public and the press are invited to attend and ask questions at the conclusion of each seminar. Printed copies of the rules will be distributed to each person who attends.
Attorneys who attend are eligible to receive 1.8 CLEs in office management/ ethics.
The seminars will be:
10:30 a.m. to noon on Monday, May 17, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Charleston;
3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18, at the Ohio County Public Library Auditorium, 52 16th St., in Wheeling;
3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 19, at the Fayette County Courthouse in Fayetteville;
10:30 a.m. to noon on Thursday, May 20, at the Judge Black Judicial Annex, Fort Boreman Room, in Parkersburg;
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, May 21, at the Upshur County Courthouse, in Buckhannon;
10:30 a.m. to noon Monday, May 24, at the Chief Logan State Park Conference Center in Logan;
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 25, at the West Virginia University College of Law, Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom, in Morgantown;
1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 26, at the South Branch Inn in Moorefield;
2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 27, at the Dunn Building, County Commission Hearing Room, in Martinsburg. This meeting will be webcast, the details of which will be announced later.
10:30 a.m. to noon, Thursday, June 3, at the Pullman Plaza Hotel in Huntington.
The locations and dates were chosen to give the legal community and the public in every region of West Virginia an opportunity to participate.
At the conclusion of the public comment period, the Court will review all the written comments before voting whether to approve the revised rules.
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