STATE EX REL. LOUGHRY v. TENNANT

No. 12-0899.

732 S.E.2d 507 (2012)

STATE of West Virginia, ex rel, Allen H. LOUGHRY, II, candidate for the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Petitioner v. Natalie E. TENNANT, West Virginia Secretary of State; Natalie E. Tennant, Gary A. Collias, William N. Renzelli, and Robert Rupp, members of the West Virginia State Election Commission; Glen B. Gainer, III, West Virginia State Auditor; and John Perdue, West Virginia State Treasurer, Respondents and Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., West Virginia Attorney General, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided September 7, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc E. Williams, Esq. , Jenna E. Hess, Esq. , Randall L. Saunders, Esq. , Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Huntington, WV, for Petitioner.

Lisa A. Hopkins, Esq. , General Counsel, West Virginia State Auditor's Office, Charleston, WV, for Respondent, Glen B. Gainer, III.

J. Adam Skaggs, Esq. , Matthew Menendez, Esq. , Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York, NY, for Petitioner.

Silas B. Taylor, Esq. , Managing Deputy Attorney General, Charleston, WV, for Respondent, West Virginia State Election Commission.

Diana Stout, Esq. , Special Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, WV, for Respondent, West Virginia State Treasurer, John Perdue.

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr. , Attorney General, Barbara H. Allen, Esq. , Managing Deputy Attorney General, for Intervenor, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr.

Anthony J. Delligatti, Pro Se, Fairmont, WV, Amicus Curiae.

Anthony J. Majestro, Esq. , Powell & Majestro, PLLC, Charleston, WV, for Amicus Curiae, Michael Callaghan.


KETCHUM, Chief Justice:

The Petitioner, Allen H. Loughry II, a candidate for the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, invokes this Court's original jurisdiction seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the Respondents1 to comply with W.Va.Code § 3-12-11(e) and approve the release of matching funds2 to his campaign. The Petitioner is a participant in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Public...

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