1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.E.2d
  4. 318 S.E.2d
  5. 318 S.E.2d 470 (1984)
 

WHITE v. MANCHIN

Nos. 16312, 16344.

318 S.E.2d 470 (1984)

Barbara K. WHITE and Brenda Joe v. A. James MANCHIN, Secretary of State; Joe Manchin, III; Jean Friend, Robert W. Dinsmore, and Jacques R. Williams, Ballot Commissioners of Monongalia County; and, Betty W. Toothman, Harry Cronin, and Hayes Webb, Ballot Commissioners of Marion County. Vaughnie HALL, Ireland Burns, and Mary Helmann v. A. James MANCHIN, Secretary of State; Charles M. Polan, Jr.; Riley Stone, W.H. Hertig, and James N. Aldridge, Ballot Commissioners of Cabell County; and Charlene Ferguson, Audrey Mudd, and Luther Wallace, Ballot Commissioners of Wayne County.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

July 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.F. Gallagher and William F. Byrne, Morgantown, for petitioners in No. 16312.

A.J. Manchin, pro se.

John M. Pratt, Deputy Secretary of State, Charleston, for respondent A. James Manchin in No. 16312.

John Carrico, S.J. Angetti, Rudolph Di Trapano and Franklin D. Cleckley, Morgantown, for respondent Joe Manchin, III, in No. 16312.

Thomas H. Newbraugh, Pros. Atty. and Phillip M. Magro, Asst. Pros. Atty., Morgantown, for respondents Jean Friend, Robert W. Dinsmore and Jacques R. Williams in No. 16312.

Larry Harless, Morgantown, for petitioner in No. 16344.

Marianne K. Hoover, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondent A. James Manchin in No. 16344.

David C. Hardesty, Jr., Deborah A. Sink and Thomas A. Heywood, Charleston, for respondent Charles M. Polan, Jr., in No. 16344.

McGRAW, Justice:

These two original proceedings in mandamus, consolidated for preparation of this opinion, involve challenges to the qualifications of two candidates for nomination to the office of state senator. Each requires interpretation of West Virginia Constitution art. VI, § 12, which provides, in pertinent part, that "No person shall be a senator... who has not for one year next preceding his election, been...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases