189 W. Va. 598 - Lewis v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 1995
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 167 W. Va. 59 - Garska v. McCoy · 182 W. Va. 57 - David M. v. Margaret M. · 158 W. Va. 964 - Funkhouser v. Funkhouser
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“With reference to the custody of very young children, the law presumes that it is in the best interests of such children to be placed in the custody of their primary caretaker, if he or she is fit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lewis v. Lewis
How this case has been treated — in progress
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