Supreme Court - Current Docket - October

SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA
OCTOBER 2026 ARGUMENT CALENDAR

Tuesday, October 13, 2026:

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CONTINUED GENERALLY

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YouTube Link: Westlake Chlor-Vinyls Corporation, f/k/a Axiall Corporation, and Westlake Natri…

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YouTube Link: State of West Virginia ex rel. PHH Mortgage Corporation v. The Honorable David …

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YouTube Link: Air Evac EMS, Inc. v. Brent Wolfinbarger, in His Capacity as Director of the Pu…

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YouTube Link: Tim Secrist and West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources v. Tammy…

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YouTube Link: HP, Inc. v. Judith Thomas

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YouTube Link: In re Petition for Reinstatement of Jarrell Lee Clifton, II

Wednesday, October 14, 2026:

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YouTube Link: HD Media Company, LLC d/b/a Charleston Gazette-Mail v. West Virginia University…

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YouTube Link: West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services, et al. v. A.Z. and K.Z.,…

Briefs on file in the Office of the Clerk.

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YouTube Link: In the Matter of the Honorable Timothy Sweeney, Judge of the Third Judicial Cir…

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YouTube Link: SER West Virginia Department of Human Services v. Hon. Bridget Cohee, Judge of …

Briefs on file in the Office of the Clerk

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YouTube Link: SER State of West Virginia v. Hon. C. Richard Wilson, Judge of the Second Judic…

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YouTube Link: In re M.F.

Briefs on file in the Office of the Clerk.

Tuesday, October 20, 2026:
LAWS Program - Westside High School, Wyoming County, West Virginia

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Wednesday, October 21, 2026:

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Justice Trump disqualified. Judge McMunn sitting by temporary assignment.

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Briefs on file in the Office of the Clerk.

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Briefs on file in the Office of the Clerk.

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Briefs on file in the Office of the Clerk.

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Briefs on file in the Office of the Clerk.

SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIAOCTOBER 2026 ARGUMENT CALENDAR

Tuesday, October 13, 2026:

Sandra Kay Trent v. Kermit Wiley, Sr., Case No 25-754 CONTINUED GENERALLY

10:00 am Westlake Chlor-Vinyls Corporation, f/k/a Axiall Corporation, and Westlake Natrium LLC, f/k/a Eagle Natrium, LLC v. IPI, Inc. and Matthew Joseph Taylor, Case No 24-183

10:40 am State of West Virginia ex rel. PHH Mortgage Corporation v. The Honorable David M. Hammer, Judge of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, and Anthony and Heather Delsignore, Case No 25-671

11:20 am Air Evac EMS, Inc. v. Brent Wolfinbarger, in His Capacity as Director of the Public Employees Insurance Agency, et al., Case No 24-452

01:00 pm Tim Secrist and West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources v. Tammy Watkins, Administratrix of the Estate of William McKinsey May, Case No 24-670

01:40 pm HP, Inc. v. Judith Thomas, Case No 24-449

02:00 pm In re Petition for Reinstatement of Jarrell Lee Clifton, II, Case No 24-330

Wednesday, October 14, 2026:

10:00 am HD Media Company, LLC d/b/a Charleston Gazette-Mail v. West Virginia University Board of Governors, Case No 24-412

10:40 am West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services, et al. v. A.Z. and K.Z., Individually and as Parents and Guardians of C.Z., Case No 24-405

11:00 am In the Matter of the Honorable Timothy Sweeney, Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit, Case No 25-475

11:20 am SER West Virginia Department of Human Services v. Hon. Bridget Cohee, Judge of the Twenty-Eight Judicial Circuit, Case No 26-362

01:00 pm SER State of West Virginia v. Hon. C. Richard Wilson, Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit, et al, Case No 26-308

01:20 pm In re M.F., Case No 25-720 and 25-725

Tuesday, October 20, 2026: LAWS Program - Westside High School, Wyoming County, West Virginia

10:00 am State of West Virginia v. William Ross Carman, Case No 23-733

12:05 pm Bohnert International, Inc., et al. v. Motorists Mutual Insurance Company, Case No 24-609

Wednesday, October 21, 2026:

10:00 am Alexander Fleming, et al. v. Matt Herridge, Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Commerce, et al., Case No 24-373

10:40 am New China Restaurant, Inc. and Philip D. Chin v. City of Charleston, Case No 24-403

11:00 am In re G.H. and H.H., Case No 25-394

11:25 am Stanley L. v. Alexandra C., Case No 25-357

01:00 pm In re the Matter of the Honorable Vincent Shambaugh, Magistrate of Morgan County, Case No 26-344

01:20 pm State of West Virginia v. Damian Lanell B-Smith, Case No 24-190

SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA
OCTOBER 2026 ARGUMENT CALENDAR

Tuesday, October 20, 2026:
LAWS Program - Westside High School, Wyoming County, West Virginia