Nickey v. Grittner’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 160 W. Va. 796 - Johnson v. Huntington Moving & Storage, Inc. · 131 W. Va. 429 - Estate of Elizabeth E. Fox · 115 W. Va. 46 - New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co. v. Eary · 137 W. Va. 856 - West Virginia Sanitary Engineering Corp. v. Kurish · 169 W. Va. 660 - Rife v. Woolfolk
Most-quoted passages
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““Before the principles of res judicata can be involved, there must have been an adjudication on the merits of a case.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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