In the Supreme Court of Appeals for the State of West Virginia, Docket Number 13-0102, State of West Virginia ex. rel. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, formerly SmithKline Beecham Corporations d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline, petitioner/defendant, v. the Honorable James H. Young, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court of Wayne County, West Virginia; and all plaintiffs in State ex. rel. McGraw v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, Civil Action no. 12-C-085, respondents/plaintiffs : verified petition for a writ of prohibition /

On appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeals to the State of West Virginia, the issue presented is whether the State Attorney General may properly employ private counsel to press its claims against a pharmaceutical company under the state's consumer protection act.