Donaldson v. Gainer

McGRAW, Justice:

This is an original proceeding in mandamus. The petitioners are nineteen magistrates, twenty-two magistrate assistants, ten magistrate court clerks, and four magistrate court deputy clerks from eleven West Virginia counties. 1 The respondents are Glen B. Gainer, Jr., Auditor of the State of West Virginia, and Paul Crabtree, Administrative Director of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. The petitioners seek a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents to pay them increased salaries based upon population changes for their respective counties as indicated by the 1980…