MAYO v. SECONDARY SCHOOLS ACTIVITIES COM'N

No. 33838.

672 S.E.2d 224 (2008)

O.J. MAYO, Plaintiff Below, Appellee v. The WEST VIRGINIA SECONDARY SCHOOLS ACTIVITIES COMMISSION, Defendant Below, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided: November 13, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Wooton, The Wooton Law Firm, Beckley, Counsel for the Appellant.

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Kelli D. Talbott, Deputy Attorney General, Anthony D. Eates, II, Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, West Virginia Board of Education.

Matthew J. Woelfel, Michael A. Woelfel, Woefel & Woelfel LLP, Huntington, Counsel for the Appellee.

Mark A. Sadd, Matthew R. Bowles, Lewis Glasser Casey & Rollins LLP, Charleston, Counsel for Amici Curiae, Charleston Catholic High School and John S. Yelenic, as Superintendent of the Department of Schools of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.

C. David Morrison, Clarksburg, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, Notre Dame High School.

Robert P. Fitzsimmons, Robert J. Fitzsimmons, Fitzsimmons Law Offices, Wheeling, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, Wheeling Central Catholic High School.

Michael E. Nogay, Sellitti Nogay & McCune, PLLC, Weirton, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, Weirton Madonna Catholic High School.


McHUGH, Senior Status Justice.1

The West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission ("SSAC") appeals from the May 21, 2007, order of the Circuit Court of Cabell County, through which the trial court struck down certain legislative rules promulgated by the SSAC as unconstitutional or arbitrary and capricious; ruled that the SSAC is a state agency; and awarded attorney's fees and costs to Appellee O.J. Mayo. The proceeding below was...

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