Survey of Developments in West Virginia Law: 1975-1976

This 1975-1976 Survey of Developments in West Virginia Law is in the format of a student note.This note discusses the significant decisions handed down by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in 1975-1976.This is the first article of this nature to be published in the West Virginia Law Review.If your response to this article is favorable, we hope to include in subsequent issues federal district court and circuit court cases, as well as significant enactments of the West Virginia Legislature.This survey serves primarily as a reporting system, and we leave an in-depth discussion of these cases to case comments and student notes.Unreported cases will be listed in footnotes at the beginning of each section.Cases with multiple issues will be dealt with under the major issue, and minor issues may not be discussed.For greater convenience in comparing developments of the law in each area, this survey is organized into categories.The categories under which the developments are treated, in order of presentation, are: Administrative Law ........