WEAVER v. SHAFFER

No. 14415.

290 S.E.2d 244 (1980)

Clarence WEAVER v. Gus SHAFFER, Chairman, Boone County Deputy Sheriff's Civil Service Commission, et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Concurring Opinion January 14, 1981.

Dissenting Opinion April 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boettner, Campbell & Crane and John Boettner, Jr., Charleston, for appellant.

Peter A. Hendricks, Asst. Pros. Atty., Boone County, Madison, Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., Marianne Kapinos Hoover, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellees.


NEELY, Chief Justice:

The appellant, Clarence Weaver, challenges a provision of the West Virginia Civil Service for Deputy Sheriffs Act which prohibits political activity on the grounds that the statute is vague and overbroad. The Circuit Court of Kanawha County found that the appellant had engaged in proscribed political activities while a member of the classified civil service and concluded that the challenged statute is not so vague or broad as to be constitutionally...

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