STATE EX REL. COOPER v. CAPERTON

No. 23059.

470 S.E.2d 162 (1996)

196 W.Va. 208

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Thornton COOPER, Petitioner Below, Appellee, v. Honorable Gaston CAPERTON, Governor of the State of West Virginia; Honorable Larrie Bailey, Treasurer of the State of West Virginia; and the Honorable Ken Hechler, Secretary of State of the State of West Virginia, Respondents Below, Appellees. STATE of West Virginia ex rel. the WEST VIRGINIA WATER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, Petitioner Below, Appellee, v. The WEST VIRGINIA INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOBS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, Respondent Below, Appellant, Thornton Cooper, Intervenor Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided February 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thornton Cooper, South Charleston, Pro Se.

Paul E. Jordan, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Joy M. Cavallo, Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, for Appellees Governor Caperton, Treasurer Bailey, and Secretary of State Hechler.

James K. Brown, Jackson & Kelly, Charleston, for Appellee The West Virginia Water Development Authority.

Thomas J. Gillooly, Charleston, for Appellant The West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council.


CLECKLEY, Justice:

This opinion follows the December 14, 1995, order issued by this Court affirming the August 30, 1995, order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County. In its 67-page order, the circuit court granted a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by the West Virginia Water Development Authority (Authority),1 an appellee herein, demanding that the West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs...

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