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COMMITTEE TO REFORM HAMPSHIRE CTY. GOVERNMENT v. THOMPSON

No. 33851.

674 S.E.2d 207 (2008)

THE COMMITTEE TO REFORM HAMPSHIRE COUNTY GOVERNMENT, Michael Hasty, Vera Anderson, Robert Shilling, Frank Wittacre, Kay Davis, Robert Walker, Shirley Carnahan, and Marvin Hott Plaintiffs Below, Appellees, v. THE HONORABLE RICHARD THOMPSON, Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, and The Honorable Earl Ray Tomblin, President of the West Virginia Senate Defendants Below, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 11, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita Pauley, Ray Ratliff, West Virginia State Senate, Joe Altizer, West Virginia House of Delegates, Charleston, for Appellants.

Robert M. Bastress, Morgantown, for Appellees.

BENJAMIN, Justice.1

The instant matter requires this Court to determine the scope of the Legislature's constitutional duty to act upon a petition to reform the county government of Hampshire County, West Virginia, which was presented to the Legislature in May 2003, pursuant to the provisions of Article IX, Section 13, of the Constitution of West Virginia. In a declaratory judgment action seeking an order directing the West Virginia...

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