201 W. Va. 184 - Brooks v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on New Jersey v. New York · In re Vey · 163 W. Va. 332 - Bradley v. Appalachian Power Co. · 188 W. Va. 197 - Lieving v. Hadley · 194 W. Va. 97 - Tennant v. Marion Health Care Foundation, 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although the ruling of a trial court in granting or denying a motion for a new trial is entitled to great respect and weight, the trial court’s ruling will be reversed on appeal when it is clear that the trial court has acted under some misapprehension of the law or the evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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