STATE of West Virginia ex rel. The LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WEST VIRGINIA; American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia; West Virginia Citizen Action Group; West Virginia Education Association; Common Cause of West Virginia; and Delegate Arley R. Johnson, A Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, Petitioners,
v.
Earl Ray TOMBLIN, President of the West Virginia Senate; and Robert S. Kiss, Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, and the Office of Governor of the State of West Virginia, Respondents.
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Re-Submitted February 7, 2001.
Decided March 26, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Margaret L. Workman, Esq., Kathy A. Brown, Law Student, Margaret Workman Law, L.C., Charleston, for the Petitioners.
M.E. "Mike" Mowery, Esq., Mark W. McOwen, Esq., Marsha K. Morris, Esq., West Virginia House of Delegates, Charleston, for the Respondent, Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, Robert S. Kiss.
Jennifer Bailey Walker, Esq., West Virginia Senate, Michael R. Crane, Esq., Forman & Crane, Charleston, for the Respondent, President of the West Virginia Senate, Earl Ray Tomblin.
Benjamin L. Bailey, Esq., Brian A. Glasser, Esq., Thomas F. Basile, Esq., Bailey & Glasser LLP, John F. McCuskey, Esq., Shuman, McCuskey & Slicer, PLLC, Charleston, for the Respondent, Office of the Governor.
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
ALBRIGHT, Justice:
This matter comes to us upon a petition for a writ of mandamus1 filed on behalf of several prominent public interest groups2 and a former member of the Legislature3 against the presiding officers of the House of Delegates and state Senate and "the office of the Governor"4 (hereinafter collectively...
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