(a) Release and effect of opinions. Opinions will be released by the Clerk at 3:00 p.m. on the day of filing, unless circumstances require otherwise. The Clerk will provide a copy of the opinion to each party in the case. Opinions do not take effect until issuance of the mandate under Rule 26, unless otherwise provided.
(b) Publication. The Clerk will cause opinions to be issued in slip form. The slip opinions issued by the Clerk and appearing on the Court’s website are not the final, official opinions of the Court. Slip opinions are subject to modification and petitions for rehearing pursuant to Rule 25. Opinions remain subject to clerical correction until officially published in the bound volumes of the West Virginia Reports (Thomson Reuters Publishing Co.). Prior to issuance of the mandate, the parties may inform the Clerk of typographical or other formal errors.