State Ex Rel. Deputy Sheriff's Ass'n v. County Commission

BROTHERTON, Justice:

This proceeding in mandamus involves a petition by Thomas L. Moneypenny, Joseph C. Stiles, and the West Virginia Deputy Sheriffs Association, for a writ of mandamus requesting that the Court direct the County Commission of Lewis County to provide the deputy sheriffs with civil service coverage. Specifically, the petitioners challenge the constitutionality of W.Va. Code § 7-14-1 et al. (1984), which provides that civil service coverage for deputy sheriffs in counties with less than 25,000 in population is an option to be exercised at the discretion of the county commission,…