Paxton v. State Department of Tax & Revenue

MILLER, Justice: 1

The appellee, Larry E. Paxton, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to compel the Lottery Commission operated by the West Virginia Department of Tax and Revenue to require that all vendors who sell lottery tickets be accessible to the disabled as a condition precedent to the issuance or renewal of their licenses. By order entered September 30, 1993, the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, granted the relief requested by the appellee. We granted this appeal in order to determine the correctness of the lower court’s decision that the Lottery Commission…