172 W. Va. 30 - Jones v. Rockefeller’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently April 2001 · most notably 187 W. Va. 242 - Boley v. Miller (1992), 172 W. Va. 329 - State Ex Rel. Steele v. Kopp (1983)
24 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 162 W. Va. 672 - Pauley v. Kelly · 157 W. Va. 100 - State Ex Rel. Brotherton v. Blankenship · 158 W. Va. 1067 - Beverlin v. Board of Ed. of Lewis County · 158 W. Va. 390 - State Ex Rel. Brotherton v. Blankenship · Capito v. Topping
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The legislature, in cases not provided for in this Constitution, shall prescribe, by general laws, the terms of office, powers, duties and compensation of all public officers and agents, and the manner in which they shall be elected, appointed and removed.” 5 .Although the budget bill submitted by the governor to the legislature during its 1983 Regular Session contained a recommendation that nothing be appropriated for the office of the West Virginia nonintoxicating beer commissioner for fiscal year 1983-84, the idea of terminating all funding for the office of the commissioner was apparently abandoned by the governor, as indicated by the action the governor took concerning the budget bill ultimately passed by the legislature on March 16, 1983. With respect to the budget passed by the legislature, the governor permitted $78,125 to remain in Account No. 4900, the nonintoxicating beer commissioner’s account. In his letter dated March 21, 1983, and filed by the governor with the budget in the office of the secretary of state, the governor indicated that $78,125 was the "legally acceptable minimum” appropriation for the commissioner. In that letter, the governor further indicated that part of the $78,125 was for the commissioner’s statutory salary and the remainder of the $78,125 "may be necessary to provide reimbursement to the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner for duties performed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The system of “checks and balances” provided for in American state and federal constitutions and secured to each branch of government by “Separation of Powers” clauses theoretically and practically compels courts, when called upon, to thwart any unlawful actions of one branch of government which impair the constitutional responsibilities and functions of a coequal branch.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[t]o disallow a veto for the complete absence of reasons is to establish an objective standard.... To disallow a veto because the Governor's reasons are not `sufficient' establishes a subjective standard that invites limitless mischief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.