ALLEN v. STATE, HUMAN RIGHTS COM'N

No. 16303.

324 S.E.2d 99 (1984)

Edith ALLEN, Marguerite Francisco, Virginia Lucas, Henry Clay Moore, and Peggy Haid v. STATE of West Virginia HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, and Howard D. Kenney, the Executive Director of the West Virginia Human Rights Commission.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Kelly, Charleston, for petitioners.

Gail Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondents.

Jane Moran, Williamson, for amicus curiae Now & Nat'l. Council of Jewish Women & W.Va. Civil Liberties Union.

James E. Williams, Lonesome, Price & Williams, Charleston, Cheryl L. Henderson, Henderson & Henderson, Huntington, Grant Crandall, Crandall, Pyles & Crandall, Charleston, Sharon Mullens, Cross Lanes, Joseph Franklin Long, Bluefield, Allan N. Karlin, Morgantown, for amicus curiae, W.Va. State Conference of Branches of Nat'l. Assoc. for Advancement of Colored People & Mountain State Bar Assoc.


McGRAW, Justice:

The petitioners in this mandamus action, four individuals who have filed complaints with the West Virginia Human Rights Commission, and one individual who has attempted to file a complaint with the Commission, seek to compel the Commission, and its Executive Director, Howard D. Kenney, to: (1) accept complaints which meet criteria established in the statute and in rules and regulations promulgated by the...

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