SCOTUSBlog

MAY 27, 2022

Following an explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia that killed 29 miners, federal prosecutors charged Don Blankenship, then the CEO of the company that owned and operated the mine, with willfully violating safety regulations.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 19, 2023

Senate Bill S211 would seal conviction records automatically after three years of a completed sentence for misdemeanors and seven years for felonies. Texas, Missouri and West Virginia are considering their own version of the bill. The individual must also not be under community supervision or have any new convictions.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

West Virginia Court Dismissed Defamation Suit Against John Oliver Brought by Coal Executive and His Companies. A West Virginia state court notified counsel that it would dismiss the lawsuit brought by coal executive Robert E. Jacobson v. Clack , No. 2017 CA 006685 B (D.C. notice of dismissal and statement Feb.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

West Virginia v. The federal government’s response is due by July 6. 20-1530 (U.S.). Recommended Denial of Montana and Wyoming’s Motion to File Bill of Complaint Against Washington for Blocking Coal Exports.

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