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· 4/20/1994

Skaff v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission

Citations

  • 444 S.E.2d 39
  • 191 W. Va. 161
  • 1994 W. Va. LEXIS 50

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that penal institutions are not places of public accommodation under state law because incarcerated individuals are not members of the general public
  • holding that penal institutions are not places of public accommodation under state law because incarcerated individuals are not members of the general public
  • “The West Virginia Human Rights Act shall be liberally construed to accomplish its objective and purpose.” (quotations and citations omitted)
  • \‘[t]he West Virginia Human Rights Act \shall be liberally construed to accomplish its objective and purpose.” W.Va.Code, 5-11-15 (1967)[,]’” quoting Syl. pt. 1, in part, Paxton v. Crabtree, 184 W.Va. 237, 400 S.E.2d 245 (1990)

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Judges: Miller

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