118 W. Va. 343 - State v. Lacy’s Empirical Analysis
1937
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 1956
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Byars v. United States · 92 W. Va. 277 - State v. Kees · Osborne v. Commonwealth · State v. Montgomery · 102 W. Va. 619 - State v. Zink
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If there be complaint on oath or affirmation supported by affidavit or affidavits setting forth the facts for such belief that alcoholic liquors are being manufactured, sold, kept, * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. De Spain
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.