168 W. Va. 519 - Taylor v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
October 1997
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 131 W. Va. 302 - State Ex Rel. Lipscomb v. Joplin · 152 W. Va. 119 - Holstein v. Holstein · 166 W. Va. 142 - Waller v. Waller
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In a contest involving the custody of an infant the welfare of the child is the polar star by which the discretion of the court will be guided.” Syllabus Point 1, Holstein v. Holstein, 152 W.Va. 119 , 160 S.E.2d 177 (1968).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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