Smith v. Cole’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
March 1990
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 170 W. Va. 162 - Lee-Norse Co. v. Rutledge · 166 W. Va. 675 - Kisamore v. Rutledge · 132 W. Va. 516 - State v. Hix · 171 W. Va. 164 - Gibson v. Rutledge
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘Findings of fact by the Board of Review of the West Virginia Department of Employment Security, in an unemployment compensation case, should not be set aside unless such findings are plainly wrong_’ Syl. pt. 1, Kisamore v. Rutledge, [ 166 W.Va. 675 ] 276 S.E.2d 821 (W.Va.1981).” Syllabus, Smith v. Cole, [172] W.Va. [556], 309 S.E.2d 54 (1983).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.