Common Cause of W.Va. v. Tomblin

413 S.E.2d 358 (1991)

COMMON CAUSE OF W.VA., et al.,

v.

Earl Ray TOMBLIN, et al.

No. 20325.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted September 11, 1991.

Decided December 9, 1991.

Dissenting Opinion of Justice Miller January 14, 1992.

Mike Kelly, Fred D. Clark, Law Offices of Fred D. Clark, L.C., Charleston, for petitioners.

M.E. Mowery, Alison Patient, Debra Graham, Charleston, for respondents.

NEELY, Justice.

W.Va.Code, 4-1-18 [1969], directs the legislature to "prepare a digest or summary of the budget bill containing detailed information similar to that included in the budget document…