Hively v. Merrifield’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 199 W. Va. 349 - Fayette County National Bank v. Lilly · 197 W. Va. 651 - Harrison v. Davis · 200 W. Va. 61 - PTP, IV BY PTP v. Board of Educ. · 209 W. Va. 695 - Glover v. St. Mary's Hospital of Huntington, Inc. · 206 W. Va. 453 - Nestor v. Bruce Hardwood Flooring, L.P.
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.
“Although our standard of review for summary judgment remains de novo, a circuit court's order granting summary judgment must set out factual findings sufficient to permit meaningful appellate review. Findings of fact, by necessity, include those facts which the circuit court finds relevant, determinative of the issues and undisputed.”
2 later decisions 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.