229 W. Va. 695 - State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Batchelder · United States v. Batchelder · 194 W. Va. 138 - Chrystal R.M. v. Charlie A.L. · 152 W. Va. 571 - State v. Elder · 196 W. Va. 178 - Burgess v. Porterfield
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“direct or indirect opposition or resistance to the lawful discharge of [the officer's] official duty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“forcible or illegal conduct that interferes with a police officer's discharge of official duties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“whether or not force be actually present.”
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.