171 W. Va. 92 - Mullins v. Venable’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 47 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 61 later decisions — most recently October 2016 · most notably Williams v. Tri-County Growers, Inc. (1984), 188 W. Va. 468 - Bowling v. Ansted Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge, Inc. (1992)
2 federal appellate · 47 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 167 W. Va. 630 - Farley v. Zapata Coal Corp. · Snyder Electric Co. v. Fleming · 170 W. Va. 33 - Marthens v. B & O RAILROAD CO. · 153 W. Va. 524 - State Ex Rel. Haden v. Calco Awning & Window Corp. · Patterson v. Stewart
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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n officer in the management of a corporation who knowingly permits the corporation to violate the provisions of the Wage Payment and Collection Act, W.Va.Code Secs. 21-5-1 through 21-5-16 (1981 Replacement Vol.), may be held personally liable for unpaid wages, fringe benefits, and liquidated damages under W.Va.Code Sec. 21-5-4.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“requires employers to pay the wages of working people who labor on their employer's behalf.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(b) Whenever a person, firm or corporation discharges an employee, such person, firm or corporation shall pay the employee’s wages in full within seventy-two hours. (c) Whenever an employee quits or resigns, the person, firm or corporation shall pay the employee’s wages no later than the next regular payday, either through the regular pay channels or by mail if requested by the employee, except that if the employee gives at least one pay period’s notice of intention to quit the person, firm or corporation shall pay all wages earned by the employee at the time of quitting. (d) When work of any employee is suspended as a result of a labor dispute, or when an employee for any reason whatsoever is laid off, the person, firm or corporation shall pay in full to such employee not later than the next regular payday, either through the regular pay channels or by mail if requested by the employee, wages earned at the time of suspension or layoff.”
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.