Supreme Court - Current Docket - September

SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA
SEPTEMBER 2026 ARGUMENT CALENDAR

Wednesday, September 2, 2026:

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CONTINUED

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CONTINUED

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Briefs on file in the Office of the Clerk.

CONTINUED

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CONTINUED

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WITHDRAWN

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CONTINUED

Briefs on file in the Office of the Clerk.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2026:

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Continued to October 14, 2026.

Briefs on file in the Office of the Clerk.

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Briefs will be posted following ADA compliance review.

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Briefs on file in the Office of the Clerk.

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Wednesday, September 9, 2026:

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Withdrawn

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Justice Trump disqualified. Judge Wharton sitting by temporary assignment.

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Briefs on file in the Office of the Clerk.

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Briefs of file in the Office of the Clerk.

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Briefs will be posted following ADA compliance review.

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Briefs will be posted following ADA compliance review.

Thursday, September 10, 2026:

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Tuesday, September 22, 2026:

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Briefs will be posted following ADA compliance review.

Justice Flanigan disqualified. Senior Status Justice Elizabeth D. Walker sitting by temporary assignment.

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Briefs will be posted following ADA compliance review.

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Not Available.

Briefs will be posted following ADA compliance review.

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Not Available.

Briefs on file in the Office of the Clerk.

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Not Available.

Briefs will be posted following ADA compliance review.

Justice Flanigan disqualified. Senior Status Justice Elizabeth D. Walker sitting by temporary assignment.

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Not Available.

Briefs on file in the Office of the Clerk.

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Not Available.

Briefs on file with the Office of the Clerk.

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Briefs on file with the Office of the Clerk.

Justice Trump disqualified.

Wednesday, September 23, 2026:

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Not Available.

Briefs will be posted following ADA compliance review.

Chief Justice Bunn disqualified. Judge Richard Lindsay sitting by temporary assignment.

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Not Available.

Briefs will be posted following ADA compliance review.

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Not Available.

Briefs on file in the Office of the Clerk.

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Not Available.

Briefs will be posted following ADA compliance review.

RULE 20 ARGUMENT

Not Available.

Briefs will be posted following ADA compliance review.

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Not Available.

Briefs will be posted following ADA compliance review.

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Not Available.

Briefs on file in the Office of the Clerk.

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Not Available.

Briefs will be posted following ADA compliance review.

SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIASEPTEMBER 2026 ARGUMENT CALENDAR

Wednesday, September 2, 2026:

Severin POA Group, LLC v. Earl J. Nicholson and Joyce A. Nicholson, Case No 23-752 - CONTINUED

State of West Virginia v. Michael Lane Pinkerman, Case No 24-234 - CONTINUED

In re K.J., K.W., and M.W., Case No 25-67 - CONTINUED

In re G.H. and H.H., Case No 25-394 - CONTINUED

In re the Matter of the Honorable Vincent Shambaugh, Magistrate of Morgan County, Case No 26-344 - CONTINUED

State of West Virginia ex rel. Takeuchi Manufacturing Company, Limited v. Hon. David J. Sims, Judge of the Circuit Court of Ohio County, et al., Case No 25-527 - WITHDRAWN

In re W.J., Case No 25-335 and 25-362 - CONTINUED

10:00 am Timberline Four Seasons Utilities, Inc., and Canaan Valley Public Service District v. Kapitus Servicing, Inc., Case No 23-728

Tuesday, September 8, 2026:

West Virginia Department of Human Services, and Michelle Bast, and Aimee Gallo v. A.Z. and K.Z., Individually and as Parents and Guardians of C.Z., Case No 24-405 - CONTINUED

10:40 am West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation v. Mary F. Myers, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Ronald M. Myers, Case No 25-242

11:00 am State of West Virginia v. Jeremy Jarrett, Case No 24-115

11:20 am State of West Virginia v. Jamil Adrian Cabral, Case No 24-245

01:00 pm State of West Virginia v. Crawford, Case No 24-102

01:20 pm In re O.S., Case No 25-370

01:45 pm State of West Virginia ex rel. Prairie Island Indian Community v. The Honorable Kelly Gilmore Codispoti, Judge of the Circuit Court of Logan County, et al., Case No 26-140

02:10 pm In re A.C., Case No 25-366

Wednesday, September 9, 2026:

Terri Harton v. Denny Harton, Case No 24-442 - WITHDRAWN

10:00 am Thomas A. Cummings, individually and as Executor of the Estate of Cynthia M. Cummings v. Ward J. Paine, MD, and Benjamin Klennert, P.A., Case No 24-235

10:40 am John R. Orphanos, M.D. v. Michael Rodgers, Case No 24-438

11:20 am Carmen Ann Riley v. Terry Allen Riley, Case No 25-44

11:40 am State of West Virginia v. Carli R. Reed, Case No 24-341

01:00 pm Logan Regional Medical Center, et al. v. A.J., as mother and next friend of S.A., et al., Case No 24-413

01:20 pm W. Va Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board, et al. v. J. Edward Estep, Case No 24-167

01:40 pm State of West Virginia v. Kevin Scott Dickens, Case No 23-330

02:00 pm State of West Virginia v. Randy Lynn Knotts, Case No 24-197

Thursday, September 10, 2026:

10:00 am Severin POA Group, LLC v. Earl J. Nicholson and Joyce A. Nicholson, Case No 23-752

10:40 am State of West Virginia v. Michael Lane Pinkerman, Case No 24-234

11:00 am In re J.J., K.W., and M.W., Case No 25-67

01:00 pm In re W.J., Case No 25-335 and 25-362

Tuesday, September 22, 2026:

10:00 am State of West Virginia ex rel. Mike Pushkin, Stephen Willingham, and the West Virginia Democratic Party v. Patrick Morrisey, in his Official Capacity as Governor of West Virginia, and Roger Hanshaw, in his Official Capacity as Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, Case No 25-587

10:40 am State of West Virginia v. Thomas M. Valentine, Case No 23-620

11:20 am State of West Virginia v. Daniel Marcus Battle, Case No 23-511

11:40 am Stanley L. v. Alexandra C., Case No 25-357

01:00 pm State of West Virginia ex rel. The West Virginia Board of Education and Michele Blatt, State Superintendent of Schools v. Kris Warner, West Virginia Secretary of State, Case No 25-642

01:20 pm State of West Virginia ex rel. C.R., M.R. and S.R. v. The Honorable Jay M. Hoke, Judge of the Circuit Court of Lincoln County, West Virginia Department of Human Services, V.R., and D.M., , Case No 26-81

01:40 pm In re A.S., R.S.-1, E.S., and L.S., Case No 25-425

02:05 pm C.S. v. Steve Grow, et al., Case No 24-24

Wednesday, September 23, 2026:

10:00 am SWN Production Company LLC, and Statoil USA Onshore Properties Inc. n/k/a Equinor USA Onshore Properties, Inc., v. Mason Louis Cottrell and Jamestown Resources, LLC., Case No 23-547

10:40 am State of West Virginia v. Jason Robert Swindler, Case No 23-390

11:20 am Shawn H. v. Elise H., Case No 24-673

11:40 am Nick Showalter and Kelly Mattson, as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Sierra Mattson v. Milbank Insurance Company, Case No 24-419

01:00 pm State of West Virginia v. Paul Anthony Conley, Case No 24-81

01:40 pm State of West Virginia ex rel. State of West Virginia v. The Honorable Thomas Fast, Judge of the Circuit Court of Fayette County, and Michael Dougan, Case No 25-556

02:00 pm In re T.L.-1, T.L.-2, H.L., and A.L., Case No 25-451

02:25 pm State of West Virginia ex rel. Trustees of the West Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church, et al. v. The Honorable Mark Wills, Judge of the Circuit Court of Mercer County, and Trustees of the Madison United Methodist Church, et al., Case No 26-198

SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA
SEPTEMBER 2026 ARGUMENT CALENDAR