213 W. Va. 771 - Joslin v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 state decisions

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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[a] statute should be so read and applied as to make it accord with the spirit, purposes and objects of the general system of law of which it is intended to form a part; it being presumed that the legislators who drafted and passed it were familiar with all existing law, applicable to the subject matter, whether constitutional, statutory or common, and intended the statute to harmonize completely with the same and aid in the effectuation of the general purpose and design thereof, if its terms are consistent therewith.” Syllabus Point 5, State v. Snyder, 64 W.Va. 659 , 63 S.E. 385 (1908).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 224 W. Va. 591 - Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. v. State Tax Department · 226 W. Va. 180 - Cunningham v. Hill

2. “[t]his Court reviews a circuit court’s entry of a declaratory judgment de novo, because the principal purpose of a declaratory judgment action is to resolve legal questions.... Any determinations of fact made by the circuit court or jury in reaching its ultimate judgment are reviewed under a clearly erroneous standard.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. American States Insurance v. Barbara Surbaugh