210 W. Va. 265 - In Re McMillian’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “This court reviews de novo. " (Citations omitted.)); In re McMillian, 210 W.Va. 265 , 557 S.E.2d 319, 321 (2001) ("This court reviews de novo the adjudicatory record made before the ... Board of Law Examiners with regard to questions of law, questions of application of the law to the facts, and questions of whether an applicant should or should not be admitted to the practice of law. Although this court gives respectful consideration to the Board of Law Examiners' recommendations, it ultimately exercises its own independent judgment. On the other hand, this Court gives substantial deference to the Board of Law Examiners' findings of fact, unless such findings are not supported by reliable, probative, and substantial evidence on the whole record .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re WDP