162 W. Va. 161 - State Ex Rel. Goodwin v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently March 2015
23 state decisions
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 Ward v. Village of Monroeville · Cabell v. Markham · 160 W. Va. 234 - State v. Boyd · 151 W. Va. 1 - State v. Hamric · 161 W. Va. 154 - Waite v. Civil Service Commission
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Notwithstanding the statement in State ex rel. Matko v. Ziegler, 154 W.Va. 872, 882-883 , 179 S.E.2d 735, 741-742 (1971), that the prosecutor can be summarily disqualified, it is questionable that he can be disqualified in a case without notice of the grounds for his disqualification and an opportunity to be heard, as a duly elected prosecutor may have an entitlement to office. North v. West Virginia Board of Regents, [ 160 W.Va. 248 ], 233 S.E.2d 411 (1977); Waite v. Civil Service Commission, [ 161 W.Va. 154 ], 241 S.E.2d 164 (1977); see, e.g., State ex rel. Ilvedson v. District Court, 70 N.D. 17 , 291 N.W. 620 (1940); State ex rel. Thomas v. Henderson, 123 Ohio St. 474 , 175 N.E. 865 (1931); Lattimore v. Vernor, 142 Okl. 105 , 288 P. 463 (1930); Smith v. Gallagher, 408 Pa. 551 , 185 A.2d 135 (1962); State v. Flavin, 35 S.D. 530 , 153 N.W. 296 (1915); Annot., 84 A.L.R.3d at 124.” 3”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““If, in any case, the prosecuting attorney and his assistants are unable to act, or if in the opinion of the [circuit] court it would be improper for him or his assistants to act, the court shall appoint some competent practicing attorney to act in that case. ...””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to challenge the constitutionality of a statute [W.Va.Code, 7-7-8, permitting the appointment of a special prosecutor] which not only affects the administration of justice, but requires the payment of public funds for a special prosecutor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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