Oakley v. Gainer

CHAFIN and STEPHENS, Justices:

The petitioners, the Honorable H. Harvey Oakley, formerly Judge of the Circuit Court of Logan County, the Honorable C.W. Ferguson, III, formerly Judge of the Circuit Court of Wayne County, and Elsa Louise Kingdon, widow and executrix of the estate of Arthur R. Kingdon, formerly Judge of the Circuit Court of Wyoming County, seek a writ of mandamus compelling respondents Glen B. Gainer, Jr., State Auditor, A. James Manchin, State Treasurer, and Martha Merritt, Workers’ Compensation Commissioner, as members of the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Board, to…