202 W. Va. 350 - State v. Michael M.’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
44 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently July 2022 · most notably 207 W. Va. 154 - State Ex Rel. Jeanette H. v. Pancake (2000), 205 W. Va. 176 - In the Interest of Jamie Nicole H. (1999)
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 182 W. Va. 302 - Matter of Jonathan P. · 198 W. Va. 79 - In Re Katie S. · 185 W. Va. 613 - In the Interest of Carlita B. · 194 W. Va. 446 - In Re Christina L. · 185 W. Va. 648 - James M. v. Maynard
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““When this Court reviews challenges to the findings and conclusions of the circuit court, a two-prong deferential standard of review is applied. We review the final order and the ultimate disposition under an abuse of discretion standard, and we review the circuit court’s underlying factual findings under a clearly erroneous standard.” Syl. Pt. 1, McCormick v. Allstate Insurance Company, 197 W.Va. 415 , 475 S.E.2d 507 (1996).”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“In order to effectuate the legislative intent expressed in W.Va.Code § 49-1-1(a) [1997], a circuit court must endeavor to secure for a child who has been removed from his or her family a permanent placement with the level of custody, care, commitment, nurturing and discipline that is consistent with the child's best interests.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[G]uardians ad litem have a duty to fully represent the interests of their child wards at all stages of the abuse and/or neglect proceedings.”
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.