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CITIZENS CONCERNED, ETC. v. HANSBARGER

No. 15808.

309 S.E.2d 17 (1983)

CITIZENS CONCERNED ABOUT VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, Robert P. Hawkins, individually and on behalf of Karrie Hawkins, Margaret Albertazzie, individually and on behalf of William (Bill) Szapanos, Sandra B. De-Costa and Jean F. McIntosh, v. L. Clark HANSBARGER, Director West Virginia Department of Health, Randy Meyers, Director of Behavioral Health Services, West Virginia Department of Health, O. B. Fawley, Director, Valley Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center, Joseph Panepinto, Associate Director, Valley Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center, and Valley Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center, a corporation.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

November 10, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Byrne, Morgantown, for petitioners.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen. and David P. Cleek, Deputy Atty. Gen. and John H. Skaggs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, James W. Thomas and W. Warren Upton, Jackson, Kelly, Holt & O'Farrell, Charleston, Tomasky & Friend and L. Edward Friend, II, Morgantown, for respondents.

Stanton & Stanton and Shirley J. Stanton, Fairmont, Kratovil & Kratovil and James T. Kratovil, Weston, for amicus curiae.

McHUGH, Justice:

This original proceeding in mandamus is before this Court upon a petition filed by an organization known as Citizens Concerned About Valley Mental Health Center, et al., in which the petitioners raise regulatory and accountability issues with respect to Valley Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center, located in the Morgantown, West Virginia, area. By order entered on February 8, 1983, this Court issued a rule directing the respondents to show...

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