Trumka v. Ashworth

BROTHERTON, Justice:

This matter comes before the Court on a petition for a writ of prohibition by the petitioners, Richard L. Trumka, Cecil Roberts, and John Banovic, on behalf of the International Union, United Mine Workers of America, against the respondents, the Honorable John C. Ashworth, Judge of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County, West Virginia, and New Beckley Mining Corporation. The petitioners ask this Court to prohibit the respondent judge from enforcing his February 16, 1990 order, which required the petitioners to pay one-half of the $31,077.14 overtime expenses incurred by the…