168 W. Va. 231 - State v. McCourt’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
December 1983
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 158 W. Va. 905 - State v. Starr · 159 W. Va. 738 - State v. Pendry · 161 W. Va. 530 - State v. Pratt · State v. Byers · Pearson v. United States
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A common law privilege is accorded the government against the disclosure of the identity of an informant who has furnished information concerning violations of law to officers charged with the enforcement of the law. However, disclosure may be required where the defendant's case could be jeopardized by nondisclosure.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Tamez · State v. Tamez
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.