UMWA Ex Rel. Trumka v. Kingdon

MILLER, Justice:

This original prohibition raises the question of whether the Circuit Court of Wyoming County has venue to hear an appeal of an administrative order issued under the State Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, W.Va.Code, 22-1-30. This section relates to an administrative withdrawal of a coal mine employee’s mining certificate.

The relators are several officials of the United Mine Workers of America. Their contention is that the Circuit Court of Wyoming County is without venue because in the underlying suit filed before it, the members of the Board of Appeals of the Department of…