132 W. Va. 516 - State v. Hix’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently March 2008 · most notably In Re the Assessment of Additional Sales & Use Taxes Against Halifax Paper Co. (1963), 137 W. Va. 864 - Pond Creek Pocahontas Co. v. Alexander (1953)
37 state decisions — followed in 10 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 131 W. Va. 793 - Baird-Gatzmer Corp. v. Henry Clay Coal Mining Co. · 128 W. Va. 119 - Amherst Coal Co. v. Hix
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... We think it fair to assume that the purpose of the Unemployment Act of 1936 was to encourage employment, because upon employment and the wages paid to employees depends the solvency of the fund built up for the protection of employees against the risks of unemployment. Any interpretation of the act, which encourages people not to work, can scarcely be considered as having been within the intent of the Legislature or of the proponents of the unemployment compensation system....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““In whatever way we view this case, claimants are not entitled to benefits. If they were ill and unable to work, they were not eligible to work, and, therefore, not entitled to benefits. If they were eligible to work by reason of being able for full time work, they were disqualified under Section 4(1) of the statute.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““Upon the determination of the facts by the director, an individual shall be disqualified for benefits: (1) For the week in which he left his most recent work voluntarily without good cause involving fault on the part of employer and the six weeks immediately following such week * * *(Emphasis added.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.