191 W. Va. 370 - Williams v. Cummings’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently October 2018
12 state decisions
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“West Virginia Code § 56-1-1(a)(7) provides that venue may be obtained in an adjoining county '[i]f a judge of a circuit be interested in a case which, but for such interest, would be proper for the jurisdiction of his court....' This statute refers to a situation under which a judge might be disqualified, and therefore it is in conflict with and superseded by Trial Court Rule XVII, which addresses the disqualification and temporary assignment of judges.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Under Article VIII, Section 8 of the Constitution of West Virginia ... administrative rules promulgated by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia have the force and effect of statutory law and operate to supersede any law that is in conflict with them.”); Williams v. Cummings, 191 W.Va. 370, 372 , 445 S.E.2d 757, 759 (1994) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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