175 W. Va. 375 - Rutledge v. Workman’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
1 district · 24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently June 2009 · most notably 193 W. Va. 20 - State Ex Rel. Frazier v. Meadows (1994), State Ex Rel. Harvey v. Second Judicial District Court (2001)
1 district · 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 161 W. Va. 630 - State Ex Rel. Bagley v. Blankenship · 161 N.J. Super. 483 - In Re Court Reorganization Plan of Hudson County · 128 W. Va. 774 - State v. McLane · In re the Court Reorganization Plan · 126 N.J. Super. 368 - In Re Brennan
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.
“WHEREAS, the efficient administration of the judicial system is essential to our duty to implement justice in this Circuit, and WHEREAS, the Circuit Clerk is within the hierarchy of the judicial system, and WHEREAS, the Circuit Clerk is subject to the overall administrative control and direction of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, and WHEREAS, except to the extent that the circuit courts are given explicit direction by the Supreme Court of Appeals, the power to control the affairs of the 16th Judicial Circuit is placed solely in the Chief Circuit Judge, and WHEREAS, the Circuit Clerk is subject to the day-to-day supervision of the Chief Circuit Judge, and WHEREAS, the Circuit Clerk has an obligation of the utmost good faith in all of her dealings with both Circuit Judges of this 16th Judicial Circuit, and WHEREAS, Clerks are ministerial attendants of the Circuit Judge, and are under his direction and control, and WHEREAS, whoever serves as Clerk must submit fully to the direction and control of the Chief Circuit Judge, and WHEREAS, Circuit Judges are ultimately responsible for any action or inaction of courtroom personnel and only a Circuit Judge can determine whether they are suitable and sufficient for the court’s needs, and WHEREAS, the Circuit Judge must have direct and sole control over the courtroom personnel assigned to his court, and WHEREAS, secret agreements imposed upon the Courtroom Clerk by the Circuit Clerk without the knowledge of the supervising Cir”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The power of the assignment judge to select and assign as his assistants those who satisfy his needs from the coterie of county employees stems from the inherent power of the courts as implemented by R. 1:33-3(b). And although these assistants may remain county employees for the purpose of payment of their remuneration, they nevertheless serve under the control and direction of the assignment judge in the unclassified category and at his pleasure.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[c]lerks and deputy clerks have several non-judicial or ministerial duties. In particular they play a large role in the administration of elections; their duties include: certification of each party’s nominations, W.Va.Code 3-5-23 [1963]; the publication of each party’s nominations, W.Va.Code 3-6-3 [1967]; the collection of filing fees from the candidates, W.Va.Code 3-5-8 [1980]; and the selection of ballot commissioners, W.Va.Code 3-1-19 [1968],”
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.