By Beth Sergent, Charleston Gazette-Mail
LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Court documents filed Sunday and Monday ask a Greenbrier County Circuit Court to rule as invalid a scheduled public auction of the historic Greenbrier Hotel for a variety of procedural reasons, as well as for a breach of business agreements.
A request for preliminary injunction filed Monday seeks to stop the sale. An accompanying complaint filed Sunday says the sale will cause The Greenbrier to “suffer ongoing and permanent disruption — perhaps even cessation — of their businesses.”
That complaint goes on to say that The Greenbrier Hotel, along with the entire resort property, employs almost 2,000 people. A “fire sale” of the hotel “would be the end of The Greenbrier resort as it is known.”
A hearing in this matter has been set for 9 a.m. Friday before Greenbrier Circuit Court Judge Robert E. Richardson.
According to the filing in Greenbrier County Circuit Court, the motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction was filed by the Greenbrier Hotel Corp., James C. Justice III and Jillean L. Justice, the latter of which are the children of Gov. Jim Justice.
