Daily Gazette Co. v. West Virginia Development Office

DAVIS, Justice:

The appellants herein and defendants below, the West Virginia Development Office and its director, Thomas C. Burns [hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Development Office”], appeal from an order entered January 29, 1998, by the Circuit Court of Kanawha County in an underlying action brought pursuant to the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act [hereinafter “FOIA”], W. Va.Code § 29B-1-1, et seq. In its order, the circuit court awarded attorney’s fees to the appellee herein and plaintiff below, the Daily Gazette Company, Inc. [hereinafter “the Gazette”], finding that…