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20 Mar

Justice Joseph P. Albright died

The Supreme Court of Appeals, commonly known as the Supreme Court, is West Virginia's highest court and court of last resort. West Virginia was one of only nine states with a single appellate court until the 2022 addition of the Intermediate Court...

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