By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An all-appointed panel of Supreme Court justices ruled Monday on whether to allow the appointments made by Gov. Jim Justice to the high court and whether one of those candidates was qualified to run in the November special election.
U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., and former Republican House of Delegates Speaker Tim Armstead can now be seated as replacement justices on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals until November, and Jenkins will remain on the ballot in a 10-person special election.
A five-member panel of circuit judges temporarily appointed to the Supreme Court to hear the petitions filed an order Monday afternoon ruling against the petitions filed by Clay County attorney William King and Charleston attorney William Schwartz.
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