Richard Neely

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Richard Forlani Neely (August 2, 1941 – November 8, 2020) was an American politician and lawyer. He was chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals from 1973 to 1995.[1] He was born in Los Angeles. He was nominated to the court by Governor Arch A. Moore Jr.. He was a member of the Republican Party.

Neely died on November 8, 2020 in Charleston, West Virginia from liver cancer at the age of 79.[2]

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  1. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Research: Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, archived from the original on 2019-06-06, retrieved 2008-01-01
  2. "Former W.Va. Supreme Court justice Richard Neely passes away". WCHS 8. Retrieved 9 November 2020.