200 W. Va. 209 - Redden v. Comer’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 192 W. Va. 189 - Painter v. Peavy · 155 W. Va. 475 - Wilkinson v. Searls · 196 W. Va. 202 - Koffler v. City of Huntington · 192 W. Va. 392 - Reed v. Phillips · 175 W. Va. 723 - Wayne County Bank v. Hodges
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 motion for summary judgment should be granted if the pleadings, exhibits and discoveiy depositions upon which the motion is submitted for decision disclose that the case involves no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the party who made the motion is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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