Legal Opinion

Currey v. State of Human Rights Commission

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 1980No. 14460PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Harshbarger, Justice:

The West Virginia Human Rights Commission denied Bonnie Currey a public hearing on a sex discrimination charge against E. I. DuPont DeNemours & Co., after an investigating commissioner determined there was probable cause to believe that her allegations were true. Currey applied to the Kanawha County Circuit Court for a writ of error authorized by our Administrative Procedures Act, W. Va. Code 29A-1-1, et seq., for contested cases, praying that the matter be remanded to the commission for hearing. The circuit court ruled that hers was not a contested case, dismissed her…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Fruehauf Corp. v. Huntington Moving & Storage Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1975
  2. Woodring v. WhyteWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1978
  3. State of West Virginia Human Rights Commission v. PauleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1975
  4. Bounds v. State Workmen's Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1970
  5. Bounds v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COM'RWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1970

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Shepherdstown Volunteer Fire Dept. v. State Ex Rel. State Human Rights CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Frank's Shoe Store v. West Virginia Human Rights CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Allen v. State of West Virginia Human Rights CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Appalachian Regional Health Care, Inc. v. West Virginia Human Rights CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Currey v. STATE OF W. VA. HUMAN RIGHTS COM'NWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980

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