STATE v. COPPER BEECH TOWNHOME COMMUNITIES

No. 17-0228.

806 S.E.2d 172 (2017)

STATE of West Virginia EX REL., Patrick MORRISEY, Attorney General, Respondent v. COPPER BEECH TOWNHOME COMMUNITIES TWENTY-SIX, LLC, et al., Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: October 12, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. David Griffith, Jr., Esq. , Joseph K. Merical, Esq. , Thomas Combs & Spann, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for the Petitioner.

Patrick Morrisey, Esq. , Attorney General, Thomas M. Johnson, Jr., Esq. , Deputy Solicitor General, Erica N. Peterson, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for the Respondent.

W. Bradley Sorrells, Esq. , Robinson & McElwee, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, The West Virginia Association of Realtors, Inc.

Samuel H. Simon, Esq. , Matthew J. Lautman, Esq. , Houston Harbaugh, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, North Central West Virginia Landlords Association, Inc. d/b/a North Central West Virginia Business Owners Association.

John R. Teare, Jr., Esq. , Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, The West Virginia Housing Institute, Inc.

Marjorie Anne McDiarmid, Esq. , WVU Litigation & Advocacy Clinic, Carrie Ann Showalter, Esq. , WVU Student Legal Services, Morgantown, West Virginia, Counsel for Amici Curiae, WVU Litigation & Advocacy Clinic and WVU Student Legal Services.

Marc E. Williams, Esq. , Randy L. Saunders, Esq. , Alexander L. Turner, Esq. , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Huntington, West Virginia, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, The Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia.

Matthew A. Jividen, Esq. , Paul R. Sheridan, Esq. , Legal Aid of West Virginia, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, Legal Aid of West Virginia.

Mark A. Kepple, Esq. , Bailey & Wyant, PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, Metro Property Management.


In this matter we address whether our consumer credit protection statute applies to and regulates the relationship between a landlord and tenant under a lease for residential real property. The Circuit Court of Kanawha County certified a question to this Court to resolve this issue.

After thorough review, we find that our...

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