Intermediate Court of Appeals

Three shop students and their teacher from a West Virginia high school are working this summer to build furniture for the new Intermediate Court of Appeals courtrooms.

On this West Virginia Morning, we look at the state’s involvement and subsidizing of greyhound racing in part three of our series looking inside this controversial enterprise.

As of July 1, West Virginia has a new level of courts between Family Court and Circuit Courts and the state Supreme Court of Appeals. The Intermediate Court of Appeals will take some of the Supreme Court’s load and also hear Family Court cases that weren’t always heard by the Circuit Court.

An attorney with private and public experience was appointed to the newly formed West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals. Charles O. Lorensen, currently a member of Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC, was selected by Gov. Jim Justice for a six-and-a-half year term.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice wants a fresh list of names as he considers a replacement for a position on the new Intermediate Court of Appeals.

One of the first appointees to West Virginia’s newly created Intermediate Court of Appeals has decided not to take the position.

Today, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia held a two-hour meeting of the Intermediate Court of Appeals Advisory Council to receive public comment on rules of practice and procedure related to the new court.

The West Virginia Supreme Court has purchased a building for judicial offices and the new Intermediate Court of Appeals.

Gov. Jim Justice announced the appointments of judges Thomas E. Scarr of Huntington, Daniel W. Greear of Charleston and Donald A. Nickerson Jr. of Wheeling to the West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals.

On this West Virginia Morning, a bill that would create an intermediate court of appeals is one step closer to the governor’s desk. Also, we have a conversation with an economics professor on the potential impacts of the American Rescue Plan in West Virginia, and we hear the second part of an interview with prolific children’s book author Cynthia Rylant, who spent her formative years in the Mountain State.