186 W. Va. 301 - Moss v. Bonnell’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 182 W. Va. 57 - David M. v. Margaret M. · 177 W. Va. 742 - Goff v. Goff · 183 W. Va. 528 - Bettinger v. Bettinger · 184 W. Va. 744 - Wood v. Wood · 184 W. Va. 434 - Wyant v. Wyant
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“‘The authority of the circuit courts to modify alimony or child support awards is prospective only and, absent a showing of fraud or other judicially cognizable circumstance in procuring the original award, a circuit court is without authority to modify or cancel accrued alimony or child support installments.’ Syl. pt. 2, Goff v. Goff, 177 W.Va. 742 , 356 S.E.2d 496 (1987).”
1 later decision 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.