Panel:  Abstention Doctrine Not Applicable In West Virginia Mineral Rights Case

(February 9, 2024, 1:04 PM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A panel of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a mineral rights lawsuit, ruling that a lower court abused its discretion in applying the Pullman abstention doctrine without adhering to important limitations of the doctrine regarding its relevance to a question presented by the West Virginia Constitution....