219 W. Va. 417 - Mathena v. Haines’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
79 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 79 later decisions — most recently January 2021 · most notably 220 W. Va. 190 - Bias v. Eastern Associated Coal Corp. (2006), 225 W. Va. 192 - State Ex Rel. Dunlap v. McBride (2010)
79 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 Bounds v. Smith · Franklin v. Murphy · 194 W. Va. 263 - Burnside v. Burnside · In re Green · 193 W. Va. 657 - Phillips v. Fox
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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In reviewing challenges to the findings and conclusions of the circuit court in a habeas corpus action, we apply a three-prong standard of review. We review the final order and the ultimate disposition under an abuse of discretion standard; the underlying factual findings under a clearly erroneous standard; and questions of law are subject to a de novo review.”
32 later decisions quote this exact passage“[w]hile access to courts is a recognized fundamental right, it is also a commonly recognized principle that such right of access is not without limitations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he courts of this State shall be open, and every person for an injury done to him . . . shall have remedy by due course of law[.]”
1 later decision 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.