1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.E.2d
  4. 524 S.E.2d
  5. 524 S.E.2d 179 (1999)
 

STATE EX REL. RIST v. UNDERWOOD

Nos. 26653, 26654.

524 S.E.2d 179 (1999)

206 W.Va. 258

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. John F. RIST, III, Petitioner, v. Honorable Cecil H. UNDERWOOD, Governor of the State of West Virginia, and Robert S. Kiss, Respondents. State of West Virginia ex rel. Richard A. Robb, W. Kent Carper, Rudolph L. Ditrapano, Roger D. Forman, Marvin W. Masters, Anthony J. Majestro, American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia, Thomas W. Pettit, Mark E. Gaydos, Carl N. Frankovitch, Michael G. Simon, James C. Peterson, R. Edison Hill, Harry G. Deitzler, Michael C. Bee, and Norman Steenstra, Jr., Petitioners, v. Honorable Cecil H. Underwood, Governor of the State of West Virginia, and Robert S. Kiss, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided November 3, 1999.

Concurring Opinion of Chief Justice Starcher December 7, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Rist, III, Esquire, Pro Se.

Ancil G. Ramey, Esquire, Michelle E. Piziak, Esquire, Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for Governor Underwood.

Thomas A. Heywood, Esquire, Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for Robert S. Kiss.

Sean P. McGinley, Esquire, DiTrapano, Barrett & DiPiero, Charleston, West Virginia and Lonnie C. Simmons, Esquire, Law Office of P. Rodney Jackson, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for Petitioners.

Jennifer G. Walker, Esquire, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Darrell E. Holmes, Clerk of the Senate.

M.E. "Mike" Mowery, Esquire, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Gregory M. Gray, Clerk of the House of Delegates.

McGRAW, Justice:

This case raises the issue of whether the Emoluments Clause contained in Article VI, § 15 of the West Virginia Constitution prohibits the Governor of this State from appointing the current Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates as a Justice of this Court, where, during the Speaker's current term of office, the Legislature enacted a pay increase with respect to such judicial office. The Emoluments...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases