Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb300%20intr.htm&yr=2014&sesstype=RS&i=300
Timestamp: 2018-04-25 13:47:31
Document Index: 744275468

Matched Legal Cases: ['§51', '§51', '§51', '§51', '§51', '§51', '§51', '§51', '§51', '§51']

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §51-1B-1, §51-1B-2, §51-1B-3, §51-1B-4, §51-1B-5, §51-1B-6, §51-1B-7, §51-1B-8, §51-1B-9 and §51-1B-10, all relating to authorizing a new court to be known as the Intermediate Court of Appeals; setting forth who may serve on the court and how its judges are selected; providing that the judges may not receive additional compensation; setting forth the court’s jurisdictional authority; providing that the Supreme Court of Appeals controls its pleading, practice, procedure, scheduling of terms and adjournment; authorizing the hiring of a clerk of the court and other employees; setting forth the duties of the clerk; providing that the court’s budget be part of the Supreme Court of Appeals’ budget; and permitting appeals to the Supreme Court of Appeals.
The Intermediate Court of Appeals has no original jurisdiction. It shall have appellate jurisdiction in civil cases where the matter in controversy, exclusive of costs, is of greater value or amount than $100; in controversies concerning the title or boundaries of land, the probate of wills, the appointment or qualification of a personal representative, guardian, committee or curator, or concerning a mill, road, way, ferry or landing, or the right of a corporation or county to levy tolls or taxes; in cases of quo warranto, habeas corpus, mandamus, certiorari and prohibition; and in cases involving freedom or the constitutionality of a law. It shall have appellate jurisdiction in criminal cases where there has been a conviction for felony or misdemeanor in a circuit court, and where a conviction has been made in any inferior court and been affirmed in a circuit court, and in cases relating to the public revenue, the right of appeal shall belong to the state, as well as the defendant, and such other appellate jurisdiction, in both civil and criminal cases, as may be prescribed by law. It has appellate jurisdiction in all cases involving appeals of workers’ compensation cases. Appeal to the Intermediate Court of Appeals shall be an appeal of right upon an assignment of error in the judgment or proceedings of a circuit court; it has no discretion to reject any appeal.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create and authorize a new court to be known as the Intermediate Court of Appeals. The bill sets forth how its judges are to be selected. The bill provides that its judges may not receive additional compensation. The bill sets forth the court’s jurisdictional authority. The bill provides that the Supreme Court of Appeals controls its pleading, practice, procedure, scheduling of terms and adjournment. The bill authorizes the hiring of a clerk of the court and other employees. The bill sets forth the duties of the clerk. The bill provides that the court’s budget be part of the Supreme Court of Appeals’ budget. The bill permits appeals to the Supreme Court of Appeals.