213 W. Va. 197 - Heitz v. Clovis’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 147 W. Va. 484 - Cotiga Development Co. v. United Fuel Gas Co. · 159 W. Va. 621 - Sanders v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. · 152 W. Va. 252 - Berkeley County Public Service District v. Vitro Corp. of America · 198 W. Va. 329 - Public Citizen, Inc. v. First National Bank in Fairmont · 196 W. Va. 97 - Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 69 v. City of Fairmont
Most-quoted passages
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“In reviewing challenges to the findings and conclusions of the circuit court made after a bench trial, a two-pronged deferential standard of review is applied. The final order and the ultimate disposition are reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard, and the circuit court's underlying factual findings are reviewed under a clearly erroneous standard. Questions of law are subject to a de novo review.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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