188 W. Va. 399 - Wharton v. Wharton’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 176 W. Va. 190 - Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Pitrolo · 128 W. Va. 198 - Taylor v. Taylor · 178 W. Va. 563 - Cross v. Cross · 177 W. Va. 742 - Goff v. Goff · 183 W. Va. 528 - Bettinger v. Bettinger
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘ “In a divorce suit the finding of fact of a trial chancellor based on conflicting evidence will not be disturbed on appeal unless it is clearly wrong or against the preponderance of the evidence.” Syllabus Point 1, Marcum v. Browning, [171] W.Va. [5], 297 S.E.2d 204 [(1982)]; Syllabus, Waller v. Waller, 166 W.Va. 142 , 272 S.E.2d 671 (1980); Syllabus Point 4, Belcher v. Belcher, 151 W.Va. 274 , 151 S.E.2d 635 (1966); Syllabus Point 3, Taylor v. Taylor, 128 W.Va. 198 , 36 S.E.2d 601 (1945). Syllabus, Fizer v. Fizer, [172] W.Va. [704], 310 S.E.2d 465 (1983).’ Syllabus Point 3, Shank v. Shank, 182 W.Va. 271 , 387 S.E.2d 325 (1989).””
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.