189 W. Va. 608 - Cary v. Riss’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
February 2013
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · Mennonite Board of Missions v. Adams · Tulsa Professional Collection Services, Inc. v. Pope · Farrell v. O'Brien · Ellis v. Davis
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A statute should be so read and applied as to make it accord with the spirit, purposes and objects of the general system of law of which it is intended to form a part; it being presumed that the legislators who drafted and passed it were familiar with all existing law, applicable to the subject matter, whether constitutional, statutory or common, and intended the statute to harmonize completely with the same and aid in the effectuation of the general purpose and design thereof, if its terms are consistent therewith.” State v. Snyder, 64 W.Va. 659 , 63 S.E. 385 (1908).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.