West Virginia Supreme Court March 5, 1982, 14907, 15249 (Ohio Valley Contractors v. BOARD OF ED., ETC.)

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

We have consolidated these cases because they require that we reexamine our conclusion in

Boggs v. Board of Education of Clay County,

161 W.Va. 471, 244 S.E.2d 799 (1978), that county boards of education are entitled to the constitutional immunity

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from suit provided to the State in W.Va. Const. art. VI, § 35.