222 W. Va. 702 - MacEk v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 103 S. Ct. 247 - Beneficial Finance of Kansas, Inc. v. United States · Poythress v. Duncan · 201 W. Va. 108 - Walker v. West Virginia Ethics Commission. · 159 W. Va. 621 - Sanders v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. · 197 W. Va. 588 - State v. Miller
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“After reviewing the record in this case, we conclude that the trial court took "special care" to determine that Juror Evans was free from bias and prejudice. The trial court clearly considered the totality of the circumstances and conducted a full inquiry before determining that there was no basis to disqualify Juror Evans from serving on the jury.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Can you state that if, after you have heard all of the evidence in this case, you find that the defendant, Dr. Jones, was negligent, you will return a verdict against Dr. Jones?”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“compelled further inquiry by the trial court.”
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.