180 W. Va. 284 - Trumka v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 153 W. Va. 538 - State Ex Rel. Kucera v. City of Wheeling · 171 W. Va. 245 - Cooper v. Gwinn · 153 W. Va. 651 - Terry v. Sencindiver · 121 W. Va. 407 - Glover v. Sims · 170 W. Va. 177 - United Mine Workers of America v. Miller
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A writ of mandamus will not issue unless three elements coexist — (1) a clear legal right in the petitioner to the relief sought; (2) a legal duty on the part of respondent to do the thing which the petitioner seeks to compel; and (3) the absence of another adequate remedy.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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