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State Ex Rel. Hill v. Smith

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided July 21, 1983No. 15880PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

Can a municipal deputy clerk in a home rule city issue a valid warrant? Robert Hill, about to be prosecuted on a Charleston city charge for shoplifting, hopes not.

Our constitution provides for Home Rule for Municipalities, Article VI, Section 39(a):

The legislature shall provide by general laws for the incorporation and government of cities.... Under such general laws, the electors of each municipal corporation, wherein the population exceeds two thousand, shall have power and authority to frame, adopt and amend the charter of such corporation, or to amend an existing…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. Shadwick v. City of TampaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. State Ex Rel. White v. SimpsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1965

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. UMWA Ex Rel. Trumka v. KingdonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Matter of Mark EPWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1985
  3. State v. UmezulikeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004
  4. SER Margaret L. Workman v. Mitch Carmichael, as President of the SenateWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2018
  5. Hubby v. CarpenterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1986

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