The purpose of this article is to provide a simple and impartial method for the consideration of claims against the state that because of the provisions of section thirty-five, article VI of the Constitution of the State, and of statutory restrictions, inhibitions or limitations, cannot be determined in the regular courts of the state; and to provide for proceedings in which the state has a special interest.
W. Va. Code § 14-2-1
Purpose
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 172 W. Va. 743 - Pittsburgh Elevator Co. v. West Virginia Board of Regents (1983)
Most recently applied in 209 W. Va. 412 - State ex rel. McLaughlin v. West Virginia Court of Claims (February 2001)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.