168 W. Va. 740 - Daniels v. McCulloch’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
December 1997
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 156 W. Va. 562 - Hall v. Protan · Dougherty v. City of Parkersburg · Dougherty v. City of Parkersburg
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“All appointments and promotions to all positions in all paid police departments [subject to the civil service provisions of this article] shall be made only according to qualifications and fitness to be ascertained by examinations, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive, as hereinafter provided. No individual except the chief of police shall be appointed, promoted, reinstated, removed, discharged, suspended or reduced in rank or pay as a paid member of any paid police department, regardless of rank or position, of any [municipality subject to the civil service provisions of this article] in any manner or by any means other than those prescribed in the following sections of this article, (emphasis added)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“‘to provide for a complete and all-inclusive system for the appointment, promotion, reduction, removal and reinstatement of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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