169 W. Va. 753 - Legg v. Legg’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
2
states following
June 2011
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 167 W. Va. 59 - Garska v. McCoy · 161 W. Va. 45 - Cloud v. Cloud · 133 W. Va. 501 - Pugh v. Pugh · 152 W. Va. 119 - Holstein v. Holstein · 164 W. Va. 358 - Horton v. Horton
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"To justify a change of child custody, in addition to a change in circumstances of the parties, it must be shown that such action would materially promote the welfare of the child."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. S.L.M. v. J.M. · Slm v. Jm
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.