State Ex Rel. Paige v. Canady

ALBRIGHT, Justice:

James Paige, III, Secretary/Tax Commissioner of the West Virginia Department of Tax and Revenue, petitions this Court for a writ of prohibition to prevent the Circuit Court of Kanawha County from enforcing its order of December 12, 1995, which required that Commissioner Paige be deposed. Commissioner Paige asserts that, as a high-ranking government official, he is not subject to deposition absent exceptional circumstances, a clear showing of necessity, or proof that the relevant information is not available through other discovery procedures. We find that the circuit court…