STATE EX REL. OGDEN NEWSPAPERS v. WILKES

No. 23470.

482 S.E.2d 204 (1996)

198 W.Va. 587

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. the OGDEN NEWSPAPERS, INC., dba the (Martinsburg) Evening/Weekend Journal, and Ogden Directories, Inc., Petitioners, v. Honorable Christopher C. WILKES, Judge of the Circuit Court of Berkeley County, Robin Wilkinson, Robert Felter, Alfred W. Sine, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 13, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Steptoe, Jr., Rodney L. Bean, Steptoe & Johnson, Clarksburg, for Petitioners.

Robert J. Schiavoni, David M. Hammer, Hammer, Ferretti & Schiavoni, Martinsburg, for Respondents.


PER CURIAM:1

In this original proceeding in prohibition, the petitioner, Ogden Newspapers, Inc. (hereinafter "Ogden"), seeks a writ of prohibition against the Honorable Christopher C. Wilkes from entering orders denying Ogden's motion to disqualify David M. Hammer and Robert J. Schiavoni (hereinafter "Hammer and Schiavoni") of the law firm Hammer, Ferretti & Schiavoni from participating in the cases against Ogden in the Circuit Court...

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