Anderson v. Richardson’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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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.

1. “Mandamus is a proper remedy to compel tribunals and officers exercising discretionary and judicial powers to act, when they refuse so to do, in violation of their duty, but it is never employed to prescribe in what manner they shall act, or to correct errors they have made. Syl. pt. 1, State ex rel. Buxton v. O’Brien, 97 W.Va. 343 , 125 S.E. 154 (1924). Syl. pt. 2, State ex rel Lambert v. Cortellessi 182 W.Va. 142 , 386 S.E.2d 640 (1989). Syllabus, Ney v. West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Fund, 186 W.Va. 180 , 411 S.E.2d 699 (1991). Syllabus Point 6, Lyons v. Richardson, 189 W.Va. 157 , 429 S.E.2d 44 (1993).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 194 W. Va. 178 - State ex rel. Billy Ray C. v. Skaff