· 6/9/2009
Huffman v. Goals Coal Co.
Citations
- 679 S.E.2d 323
- 223 W. Va. 724
- 2009 W. Va. LEXIS 55
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- stating that “[t]his Court does not sit as a superlegislature, commissioned to pass upon the political, social, economic or scientific merits of statutes pertaining to proper subjects of legislation”
- It is not for this Court to read into a statute that which it does not say
- “This Court does not sit as a superlegislature, commissioned to pass upon the political, social, economic or scientific merits of statutes pertaining to proper subjects of legislation.”
- “This Court does not sit as a superlegislature, commissioned to pass upon the political, social, economic or scientific merits of statutes pertaining to proper subjects of legislation.”
- “This Court does not sit as a superlegislature, commissioned to pass upon the political, social, economic or scientific merits of statutes pertaining to proper subjects of legislation.”
- “It is the duty of the Legislature to consider facts, establish policy, and embody that policy in legislation. It is the duty of this Court to enforce legislation unless it runs afoul of the State or Federal Constitutions.”
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Judges: Ketchum, Benjamin, Fox
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