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197 W. Va. 243 - Hardy v. Hardy’s Empirical Analysis

1996

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
December 2009
most recently cited

8 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 194 W. Va. 263 - Burnside v. Burnside · 196 W. Va. 535 - Banker v. Banker · 160 W. Va. 514 - Nichols v. Nichols · 196 W. Va. 239 - Carter v. Carter · 151 W. Va. 364 - State v. Riley

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.

  1. “[t]he need for judicial economy within the family law master system precludes allowing everyone multiple opportunities for factual development, especially for the party who invited the error.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. In Re BB
  2. “Stephen L.H. v. Sherry L.H . and its progeny require substantial deference be given to a family law master's factual findings and recommendations[.]”
    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.