Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Deborah L. McHenry, The Segal Law Firm, Special Assistant Attorney General, Silas B. Taylor, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, for petitioner.
William C. Porth, Jr., Robinson & McElwee, William E. Adams, Jr., General Counsel, Department of Environmental Protection, Dale W. Steager, Special Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, for respondents Michael Callaghan and Brian Kastick.
Rebecca M. Tinder-Bell, Special Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, for intervenors, West Virginia Board of Education, the West Virginia Department of Education, and the State Superintendent of Schools.
Richard E. Hitt, Charleston, West Virginia, General Counsel, for intervenor, Public Service Commission of West Virginia.
John T. Poffenbarger, Charleston, West Virginia, Thomas B. Miller, Schrader, Byrd & Companion, Wheeling, West Virginia, Heather Connolly, Department of Administration, Charleston, West Virginia, for respondents Gregory A. Burton, Nichelle Perkins, Kay Huffman Goodwin, Paul Nusbaum, Joe Martin, and Fred VanKirk.
Chad M. Cardinal, Charleston, West Virginia, for intervenor, West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority.
Susan B. Saxe, Charleston, West Virginia, for intervenor, The West Virginia Consolidated Public Retirement Board.
Michael R. Crane, Jennifer Bailey Walker, M.E. "Mike" Mowery, Mark W. McOwen, Charleston, West Virginia, for amici, President of the West Virginia Senate, Earl Ray Tomblin and Speaker of the House of Delegates, Robert S. Kiss.
Rebecca S. Charles, Charleston, West Virginia, for amici, West Virginia Air Quality Board and West Virginia Environmental Quality Board.
Garrett Jacobs, Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel, Heidi Talmage, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Kimberly Bentley, Assistant General Counsel, Carol A. Egnatoff, Assistant General Counsel, Bureau of Child Support Enforcement, Charleston, West Virginia, amici pro se.
William L. Ballard, Charleston, West Virginia, for amici, Bureau of Employment Programs and Robert J. Smith, its Commissioner.
Stuart Calwell, Vincent Trivelli, Charleston, West Virginia, for amicus, The Affiliated Construction Trades Foundation, a Division of the West Virginia State Building and Construction Trades Council.
Diana Stout, Charleston, West Virginia, for amicus, West Virginia State Treasurer, John D. Perdue.
Mary Jane Pickens, Charleston, West Virginia, Associate Counsel for amicus, West Virginia Insurance Commissioner.
Bruce Ray Walker, Charleston, West Virginia, General Counsel for amicus, West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.
Lisa A. Hopkins, Charleston, West Virginia, General Counsel for amicus, West Virginia State Auditor, Glen B. Gainer, III.
Ancil Ramey, Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Brendan V. Sullivan, Mary G. Clark, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, D.C., for amicus, Steptoe & Johnson.
S. Thornton Cooper, Charleston, West Virginia, amicus pro se.
Gregory W. Bailey, Rochelle Glover, Howard E. Seufer, Jr., Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, for amici, Boards of Governors of Bluefield State College, Concord College, Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College, Fairmont State College, Glenville State College, Marshall University, Shepherd College, Southern West Virginia and Technical College, West Liberty State College, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, and West Virginia University.
Alan M. Drescher, Charleston, West Virginia, for amicus, Timothy G. Leach, Chief Administrative Law Judge, Workers' Compensation Office of Judges.
Chief Justice DAVIS, deeming herself disqualified, did not participate in the decision of this case.
Judge KAUFMAN concurs and reserves the right to file a concurring opinion.
