186 W. Va. 609 - Meek v. Pugh’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 152 W. Va. 571 - State v. Elder · 171 W. Va. 445 - Nelson v. West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Board · 182 W. Va. 142 - State Ex Rel. Lambert v. Cortellessi · State Ex Rel. Underwood v. Silverstein · 175 W. Va. 495 - Martin v. Pugh
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[According to W.Va.Code, 8-15-22 [1986], promotions must be based on merit and fitness as shown by (1) competitive examination, (2) service, and (3) experience. See, Bays v. Police Civil Service Commission, 178 W.Va. 756, 760 , 364 S.E.2d 547, 551 (1987) (discussing W.Va.Code, 8-14-17 [1986], the promotion requirements under the Police Civil Service Act).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mangus v. Ashley““ ‘There must be strict compliance with the provisions of the Civil Service for Paid Fire Departments, W.Va.Code, 8-15-11 et seq. [1987].’ Syllabus Point 2, Legg v. Smith, 181 W.Va. 796 , 384 S.E.2d 833 (1989).””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Promotions shall be based upon experience and by written competitive examinations to be provided by the policemen’s civil service commission[.]” W.Va.Code, 8-15-22 [1991] states in pertinent part:”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mangus v. Ashley
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.