How do judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia / Joined 1972 / Served to 1975

Charles Harold Haden II

Justice, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia

Charles Harold Haden II was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, who joined the court in 1972. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1937–2004
Tenure: 1972–1975 · 3 yrs
Education: West Virginia 1958

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1972	Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia	–	–

Education

West Virginia University

B.S.

1958

Judicial Record

In our data, Haden authored 22 published opinions for the court (1972–1975), plus 10 dissents and 4 concurrences. Most cited: In re Willis (210 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 36 of these were attributed to Haden by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1973	In re Willis†	157 W. Va. 225	210
1974	Jordan v. Bero†	158 W. Va. 28	119
1974	Carper v. Kanawha Banking & Trust Co.†	157 W. Va. 477	80
1975	Beverlin v. Board of Ed. of Lewis County†	216 S.E.2d 554	74
1973	State Ex Rel. City of Charleston v. Coghill· Dissent†	207 S.E.2d 113	63
1975	Evans v. Hutchinson†	158 W. Va. 359	53
1975	State Ex Rel. Brotherton v. Blankenship†	214 S.E.2d 467	50
1975	Sizemore v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner†	159 W. Va. 100	48
1972	Ford v. Coiner· Dissent†	196 S.E.2d 91	43
1972	Jordan v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner†	191 S.E.2d 497	43
1973	State Ex Rel. Erlewine v. Thompson· Dissent†	207 S.E.2d 105	37
1975	BOARD OF ED., ETC. v. W. Harley Miller, Inc.†	221 S.E.2d 882	33
1975	Hinkle v. Bauer Lumber & Home Building Center, Inc.†	158 W. Va. 492	33
1975	Stevens v. Saunders· Dissent†	220 S.E.2d 887	30
1975	Kentucky Fried Chicken of Morgantown, Inc. v. Sellaro†	158 W. Va. 708	30

Showing the 15 most-cited of 36 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court was Charles Harold Haden II on?: Charles Harold Haden II was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Sources

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3 years on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).