169 W. Va. 531 - Perry v. Barker’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently May 2016 · most notably 174 W. Va. 139 - Allen v. State of West Virginia Human Rights Commission (1984), 172 W. Va. 457 - Meadows v. Lewis (1983)
25 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 171 W. Va. 445 - Nelson v. West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Board · 167 W. Va. 630 - Farley v. Zapata Coal Corp. · State v. Ehrlick · 155 W. Va. 776 - Delardas v. County Court of Monongalia County · 153 W. Va. 94 - State Ex Rel. Valley Distributors, Inc. v. Oakley
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A writ of mandamus will not issue unless three elements coexist — (1) a clear legal right in the petitioner to the relief sought; (2) a legal duty on the part of respondent to do the thing which the petitioner seeks to compel; and (3) the absence of another adequate remedy.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“throughout this opinion. 4 . W.Va.Code § 21—5—14(c). 5 . W.Va.Code§ 21-5-14(g). 6 . It was incumbent on the Labor Commissioner, not the engineers, to collect payment through the letter of credit/wage bond. The WPCA states “If the commissioner ... finds that such wages and fringe benefits or a portion thereof are unpaid, he shall make demand of such employer for the payment of such wages and fringe benefits.” W.Va.Code § 21—5—14(e) (emphasis added). Indeed,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“provide^] that any employer engaged in the construction industry or in the mining industry who has been doing business in the State for less than five years shall obtain a bond payable to the State to secure payment of wages and fringe benefits to employees.” Perry v. Barker, 169 W.Va. 531, 533 , 289 S.E.2d 423, 425 (1982). 2 .”
1 later decision 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.