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· 6/29/1983

State Ex Rel. Steele v. Kopp

Citations

  • 305 S.E.2d 285
  • 172 W. Va. 329

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  • a governor may not refuse to appropriate money that, in effect, eliminates a department that the legislature has expressly created
  • “the role of this Court is vital to the preservation of the constitutional separation of powers of government where that separation, delicate under normal conditions, is jeopardized by the usurpatory actions of the executive or legislative branches of government”

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Judges: McHUGH

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