192 W. Va. 42 - Hickman v. Epstein’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State ex rel. Pressley v. Industrial Commission · 153 W. Va. 538 - State Ex Rel. Kucera v. City of Wheeling · Crawford v. Tucker · 176 W. Va. 713 - Rogers v. Hechler · Heath v. Johnson
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A writ of mandamus will not issue unless three elements coexist — (1) a clear legal right in the petitioner to the relief sought; (2) a legal duty on the part of respondent to do the thing which the petitioner seeks to compel; and (3) the absence of another adequate remedy.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““The function of a writ of mandamus is to enforce the performance of official duties arising from the discharge of some public fimction, or imposed by statute.””
1 later decision 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.