State Ex Rel. McGraw v. Zakaib

NEELY, Justice:

This case’s central question concerns whether the Honorable Darrell V. McGraw, Attorney General of West Virginia, should pay the costs and attorneys’ fees that Fahl-gren Martin, Inc. incurred during a mandamus action in which the Attorney General was ultimately ordered by this Court to approve as to form a proposed contract to provide advertising services for the State Lottery. See State ex rel. Fahlgren Martin, Inc. v. McGraw, 190 W.Va. 306, 438 S.E.2d 338 (1993) (hereinafter Fahlgren Martin I). Because the Attorney General’s actions in Fahlgren Martin I do not show a…