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- Lawsuit Climate
Ranking
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West Virginia's legal climate is once again ranked as the worst in the country, according to Lawsuit Climate 2008: Ranking the States. West Virginia's legal climate ranked last among the fifty states for the third straight year, although its raw score in the study has improved over the last several years.
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- Justice System
Justice System
In 1976, the Judicial Reorganization Amendment established a unified court system, uniting all state courts, except municipal courts, into a single system supervised and administered by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue on the National Lawsuit Climate:
