194 W. Va. 90 - Coleman v. Sopher’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
44 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently May 2017 · most notably 213 W. Va. 80 - Findley v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance (2003), 223 W. Va. 828 - Robinson v. Pack (2009)
44 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Digital Equipment Corp. v. Desktop Direct, Inc. · United States v. Hollywood Motor Car Co. · Avitia v. Metropolitan Club of Chicago, Inc.
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A motion for a new trial is governed by a different standard than a motion for a directed verdict. When a trial judge vacates a jury verdict and awards a new trial pursuant to Rule 59 of the West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure, the trial judge has the authority to weigh the evidence and consider the credibility of the witnesses. If the trial judge finds the verdict is against the clear weight of the evidence, is based on false evidence or will result in a miscarriage of justice, the trial judge may set aside the verdict, even if supported by substantial evidence, and grant a new trial. A trial judge’s decision to award a new trial is not subject to appellate review unless the trial judge abuses his or her discretion.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[u]nder W. Va.Code, 58-5-1 [1998], appeals only may be taken from final decisions of a circuit court. A case is final only when it terminates the litigation between the parties on the merits of the ease and leaves nothing to be done but to enforce by execution what has been determined.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“`Failure to [heed the applicable court rules] not only wastes the precious and limited resources of this Court, but also those of the lawyers and their clients. We do not wish to be perceived as”
2 later decisions 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.