Legal Opinion · Concurrence
State Ex Rel. McGraw v. Imperial Marketing
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided November 24, 1998No. 24447Published
1ConcurrenceStarcher, Justice
(Filed Nov. 24, 1998)
When the Attorney General’s Office filed this lawsuit in September 1994, it compiled a list of 17,563 West Virginia consumers who were swayed by Suarez Corporation Industries’ (“Suarez”) fraudulent solicitations to spend $975,389.02 on trinkets. Now, 4 years later, the Attorney General is still embroiled in tedious litigation to compel Suarez to refund that money to those consumers.
The majority opinion cleanly decides the legal issues raised by Suarez in its continuing attempts to avoid responsibility for the misleading solicitations. I concur with the majority’s…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- In Re Barbara H. Allen, Better Government Bureau, Incorporated, an Ohio Corporation v. Darrell v. McGraw Jr., Attorney General, State of West Virginia, Personally and in His Official Capacity Better Government Bureau Office of the Attorney General State of West Virginia, a Body Politic, a Corporate Instrumentality of Government With Limited Agency and Quasi-Sovereign Capacity Ken Hechler, Secretary of State, in His Official Capacity v. Donna Willis, Party in Interest. Better Government Bureau, Incorporated, an Ohio Corporation v. Darrell v. McGraw Jr., Attorney General, State of West Virginia, Personally and in His Official Capacity, Better Government Bureau Office of the Attorney General State of West Virginia, a Body Politic, a Corporate Instrumentality of Government With Limited Agency and Quasi-Sovereign Capacity Ken Hechler, Secretary of State, in His Official Capacity v. Barbara H. Allen Donna Willis, Parties in Interest. Better Government Bureau, Incorporated, an Ohio Corporation v. Darrell v. McGraw Jr., Attorney General, State of West Virginia, Personally and in His Official Capacity, Better Government Bureau Office of the Attorney General State of West Virginia, a Body Politic, a Corporate Instrumentality of Government With Limited Agency and Quasi-Sovereign Capacity Ken Hechler, Secretary of State, in His Official Capacity v. Barbara H. Allen Donna Willis, Parties in InterestCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- Fayette County National Bank v. LillyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1997
- State v. Ralph Williams' North West Chrysler Plymouth, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1976
- People v. ToomeyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
- United States v. Reader's Digest Association, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
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