193 W. Va. 639 - Wilson v. Hun’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
July 2005
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Bullock v. United States · Miltier v. Beorn · 158 W. Va. 479 - State Ex Rel. Postelwaite v. Bechtold · 176 W. Va. 338 - Crain v. Bordenkircher
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“issues concerning the medical care of prisoners may, under certain circumstances, invoke constitutional provisions against cruel and unusual punishment”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.