UMWA BY ROBERTS v. LEWIS

No. 15818.

309 S.E.2d 58 (1983)

UMWA, etc., by Cecil ROBERTS and Michael Burdiss, and WVLF, AFL-CIO, by Joseph W. Powell v. Gretchen O. LEWIS, Commr., etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

November 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Hedges, McIntyre, Haviland & Jordan and Terry M. Jordan and James M. Haviland, Charleston, for petitioners.

William Mitchell, Sp. Atty. Gen., Frank W. Helvey, Jr., Legal Div., Workers' Comp. Commr., Charleston, for respondent.

Jackson, Kelly, Holt & O'Farrell, John L. McClaugherty and Robert J. Busse, Charleston, amicus curiae for Contractors Ass'n of W.Va., W.Va. Chamber of Commerce, W.Va. Coal Ass'n, W.Va. Manufacturers Ass'n, and W.Va. Surface Mining and Reclamation Ass'n.


NEELY, Justice:

The United Mine Workers of America and the West Virginia Labor Federation have availed themselves of this court's willingness to "enlarge the scope of mandamus, especially where there is an urgent question of public policy or where there is an urgent question of public policy or where there is no reason for delay in adjudication of the issue by the highest State Court." Walls v. Miller, W.Va.,

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