Case Title: SER Ball v. Cummings, Judge, et al.  (dissenting)

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State: west-virginia

Court: West Virginia Supreme Court

Date: 2002-12-13T00:00:00Z

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FILED December 13, 2000 RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA RELEASED December 15, 2000 RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA No: 26200 -- State ex rel. Ball v. Cummings McGraw, J., dissenting in part and concurring in part: I dissent, narrowly, to the Court’s holding in syllabus point six, which essentially defines “inadequate representation.” I fear that the language of this syllabus point might be a bit too limiting, and could be turned on its head to actually prevent the intervention of parties, situated similarly to the petitioners, in future cases before this Court. I do not wish to take any action that would encourage such mischief. Otherwise I concur in the decision reached by the Court in this generally well-written opinion.