STARCHER v. CRABTREE

No. 17169.

348 S.E.2d 293 (1986)

Larry V. STARCHER v. Paul CRABTREE, as Administrator, Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of West Virginia, and Dr. Sharon Lord, as Commissioner, West Virginia Department of Human Services.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Dissenting Opinion of Justice McGraw, July 8, 1986.

Dissenting Opinion of Chief Justice Miller, August 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Rodd, Morgantown, for appellant.

Charles Brown, Atty. Gen., Kenneth E. Knopf, Frances A. McElwee, Robert E. Wilkinson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Charleston, for appellee.

Penelope Crandall, Charleston, Christine Hedges, Spencer, for amicus curiae, W.V. Chapter of Nat. Organization for Women.

A. Andrew MacQueen, III, pro se.


BROTHERTON, Justice.

The petitioner, Larry Starcher, a circuit court judge, comes to this Court seeking an original writ of prohibition and mandamus, commanding the respondents, Paul Crabtree, Administrative Director of the Supreme Court, and Dr. Sharon Lord, Commissioner of the Department of Human Services, not to implement the family law master provisions of the recently enacted Enrolled H.B. 2094, 68th Leg., Reg.Sess., 1986 W.Va. Acts, which is scheduled to take...

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