STATE EX REL. ERP ENVIRONMENTAL v. McGRAW

No. 17-0148.

805 S.E.2d 800 (2017)

STATE of West Virginia EX REL. ERP ENVIRONMENTAL FUND, INC., Petitioners v. Honorable Warren D. McGRAW, Judge of the Circuit Court of Wyoming County, West Virginia; West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection; Austin Caperton, in his role as Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection; Avary H. & Betty Jo Bailey; Jason A. & Roncheski Bailey; Newman & Katherine Brown; Algie D. & Katherine Cook; Algie R. & Peggy Ann Cook; Dennis L. Cook, Jr. & Michelle Cook; Dennis L. Cook, Sr. & Brenda K. Cook; William C. & Regina Cook; Donna Fraley; Maybeth Fraley; Westley & Judy Fraley; Doyle Lee & Phyllis Johnson; Glen & Mary Johnson; Elizabeth L. Kennedy; William D. & Jenny Lafferty; Michael E. Marcum; Helen M. McGinnis; Onnie & Virginia Paynter; Earl R. Pelphrey; Larry & Becky Reed; Everett & Freda Smith; William L. & Jessica N. Stepp; Jacquelyn A. Whitley; Billy Ray Willard; Teddy & Dorothy Wykle, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: October 5, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anvil G. Ramey, Esq. , Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Huntington, West Virginia, John J. Meadows, Esq. , Peter J. Raupp, Esq. , Devon J. Stewart, Esq. , Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Petitioners.

Jason Wandling, Esq. , West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Legal Services, Charleston, West Virgnia, Counsel for DEP and Austin Caperton.

Kevin W. Thompson, Esq. , David R. Barney, Jr., Esq. , Thompson Barney , Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Individual Respondents.


The ERP Environmental Fund, Inc. ("ERP") seeks a writ of prohibition in connection with the February 25, 2016, order of the Circuit Court of Wyoming County compelling the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP") to direct Eastern Associated Coal, LLC ("Eastern")1 to provide...

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