191 W. Va. 686 - State Ex Rel. Holmes v. Gainer’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 553 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 5 U.S.C. § 557 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946)
Relies on 159 W. Va. 108 - Smith v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · Home Box Office, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 163 W. Va. 332 - Bradley v. Appalachian Power Co. · Sierra Club v. Costle · 171 W. Va. 245 - Cooper v. Gwinn
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.
““ ‘ “ ‘In ascertaining legislative intent, effect must be given to each part of the statute and the statute as a whole so as to accomplish the general purpose of the legislation.’ Syl.Pt. 2, Smith v. State Workmen’s Compensation Comm’r, 159 W.Va. 108 , 219 S.E.2d 361 (1975).” Syl.Pt. 3, State ex rel. Fetters v. Hott, 173 W.Va. 502 , 318 S.E.2d 446 (1984).’ Syllabus Point 3, Jeffrey v. Jeffrey, 188 W.Va. 476 , 425 S.E.2d 152 (1992).””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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