West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey Enjoined over 'Retalitory' Subpoenas to Climate Advocates

Federal judge rules WV AG chilled free speech, blocks environmental group subpoenas

United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia Judge Joseph Goodwin found in an order Thursday that state Attorney General John “JB” McCuskey violated the U.S. Constitution via what Goodwin wrote were “shockingly broad” subpoenas his office delivered to the groups. Goodwin granted two environmental nonprofits’ request for a temporary restraining order to protect them from what they said was his office’s “baseless and ret…

Court Blocks W. Va. AG's Subpoena to Environmentalist Nonprofits

Part of the AG's argument was that the nonprofits relied on a climate change scenario, RCP8.5, that has been recently "retired."

Judge grants restraining order in WV attorney general subpoena case against environmental groups

CHARLESTON — A U.S. District Court judge ruled Thursday to block investigatory subpoenas filed in September against environmental groups.

West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey enjoined over 'retalitory' subpoenas to climate advocates

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) -- West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey has been enjoined by Federal Judge Joseph R. Goodwin over alleged "abusive" and "retaliatory" investigations into two environmental groups. West Virginia Rivers Coalition and 350.org, two nonprofit climate advocacy organizations, were in federal court on Wednesday seeking a temporary restraining order against McCuskey over subpoenas [...]

U.S. judge approves temporary restraining order against McCuskey

U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin approved a temporary restraining order Thursday to keep two environmental groups from having to hand over a decade’s worth of documents to West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey. Goodwin said he expects the advocacy groups, West Virginia Rivers Coalition and 350.org, to succeed in having the subpoenas dismissed for violating their First Amendment rights. This restraining order gives them time to argue th…

Temporary restraining order blocks AG McCuskey investigation into environmental groups

CHARLESTON – After hearing more than an hour of arguments Thursday, U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey from investigating environmental advocacy organizations. In an order released Thursday evening, Goodwin granted the restraining order, which prohibits the Attorney General’s Office from seeking any documents from […]