Legal Opinion

Austin Joseph Goodwin v. Board of Education of Fayette County

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 12, 2019No. 18-0211Separate

1Opinion of the Court

FILED No. 18-0211 – Goodwin v. Fayette County Board of Education, et al. November 12, 2019 released at 3:00 p.m. EDYTHE NASH GAISER, CLERK WORKMAN, J., dissenting: SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA Once again, under the guise of appellate review, the majority resolves issues which are underdeveloped below and in so doing renders this Court an adjudicatory body.1 I dissent from the majority’s cursory disposition of this case because it effectively blankets all local boards of education under any degree of state intervention with absolute immunity from suit. The majority’s new syllabus…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Forrester v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. West Virginia Regional Jail & Correctional Facility Authority v. A.B.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2014
  3. Clark v. DunnWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1995
  4. W. Va. Board of Education and L. Wade Linger, Jr. v. Jorea M. MarpleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2015
  5. Cash v. Granville County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001

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