223 W. Va. 769 - Zimmerer v. Romano’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 148 W. Va. 160 - Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Federal Insurance Co. of New York · 192 W. Va. 189 - Painter v. Peavy · 194 W. Va. 138 - Chrystal R.M. v. Charlie A.L. · 159 W. Va. 108 - Smith v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · 135 W. Va. 877 - State v. Epperly
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e apply a de novo standard of review to [a] circuit court's interpretation of [a] contract.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“as a whole, taking and considering all the parts together.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the function of a court is to ascertain the intent of the parties as expressed in the language used by them”
1 later decision 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.