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West Virginia

14 courts1 law school3 law libraries35+ judges6,898 opinions mention this place

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Federal courts in West Virginia

West Virginia Northern District CourtDistrict Court · Elkins
West Virginia Northern District CourtDistrict Court · Martinsburg
West Virginia Northern District CourtDistrict Court · Clarksburg
West Virginia Northern District CourtDistrict Court · Wheeling
West Virginia Southern District CourtDistrict Court · Parkersburg
West Virginia Southern District CourtDistrict Court · Bluefield
West Virginia Southern District CourtDistrict Court · Charleston
West Virginia Southern District CourtDistrict Court · Beckley
West Virginia Southern District CourtDistrict Court · Huntington
West Virginia Northern Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court · Wheeling
West Virginia Northern Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court · Clarksburg
West Virginia Southern Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court · Huntington
West Virginia Southern Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court · Beckley
West Virginia Southern Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court · Charleston

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Landmark decisions involving West Virginia

Roper v. Simmons (2005)543 U.S. 551
Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)539 U.S. 244
Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)539 U.S. 306
Harris v. United States (2002)536 U.S. 545overruled
J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B. (1994)511 U.S. 127
Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce (1990)494 U.S. 652overruled
Employment Division v. Smith (1990)494 U.S. 872
South Carolina v. Gathers (1989)490 U.S. 805overruled
Teague v. Lane (1989)489 U.S. 288overruled
Stanford v. Kentucky (1989)492 U.S. 361overruled
Texas v. Johnson (1989)491 U.S. 397
Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (1986)476 U.S. 747overruled
Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)478 U.S. 186overruled
Daniels v. Williams (1986)474 U.S. 327
Batson v. Kentucky (1986)476 U.S. 79
Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977)431 U.S. 209overruled
Carey v. Population Services International (1977)431 U.S. 678
Taylor v. Louisiana (1975)419 U.S. 522
Arnett v. Kennedy (1974)416 U.S. 134overruled
Roe v. Wade (1973)410 U.S. 113overruled
Furman v. Georgia (1972)408 U.S. 238
Apodaca v. Oregon (1972)406 U.S. 404overruled
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. (1968)392 U.S. 409
Spevack v. Klein (1967)385 U.S. 511

Most-cited decisions from West Virginia courts

Ranked by citation influence (CAP PageRank).

170 F1D 449United States v. Sixty-Five Casks Liquid Extracts (1909)
174 F1D 859In re Elletson Co. (1909)
25 F2D 462Anchor Coal Co. v. United States (1928)
147 F1D 295Horner-Gaylord Co. v. Miller & Bennett (1906)
43 F2D 847Brady v. Interstate Commerce Commission (1930)
199 F1D 927Lemon v. Imperial Window Glass Co. (1912)
278 F1D 650United States v. Snyder (1922)
183 F1D 160In re Charles Town Light & Power Co. (1910)
256 F1D 38Howie Mining Co. v. McGary (1919)
175 F1D 429Caldwell & Drake v. Schmulbach (1909)
190 F1D 88In re Gillaspie (1911)
253 F1D 668In re Grafton Gas & Electric Light Co. (1918)

Opinions from West Virginia courts, by decade

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Recent opinions from West Virginia courts

56 F2D 231Brady v. Baltimore & O. R. (1932)
58 F2D 994McCormick & Co. v. Brown (1931)
52 F2D 688Hawkins v. Swan (1931)
50 F2D 424Liberty Cent. Trust Co. v. Greenbrier College for Women (1931)
48 F2D 600Pugh v. United States (1931)
46 F2D 115In re King (1930)
46 F2D 112In re King (1930)
43 F2D 847Brady v. Interstate Commerce Commission (1930)
35 F2D 769Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. v. United States (1929)
27 F2D 523International Finance Corp. v. People's Bank of Keyser (1928)
27 F2D 366United States v. Picalas (1928)
25 F2D 462Anchor Coal Co. v. United States (1928)

Law schools in West Virginia

West Virginia University Law SchoolABA · Morgantown

Law libraries in West Virginia

George R. Farmer, Jr. Law Library · Morgantown
U.S. Courts Library · Charleston
West Virginia State Law Library · Charleston

Judges who served in West Virginia

Federal judges with an appointment to a court located here.

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Cities in West Virginia

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Opinions mentioning West Virginia

842 F2D 1290In Re in Re Empanelling a Special Grand Jury
40 F3D 1243In Re: Freddy Sylvestor Campbell
940 F2D 652In Re Dennis Oliver Fraley
842 F2D 1292In Re Lenvill Spencer
803 F2D 1180In Re David Carr
896 F2D 1368In Re Daniel Whisenant
819 F2D 1137In Re David Carr
27 F3D 563In Re: James Clarence Lester
99 F3D 1381Princeton University Press v. Michigan Document Services, Inc.
94 F3D 642Theresa Shelton v. United States
94 F3D 150United States v. Myers
93 F3D 1515Crosby v. Hospital Authority of Valdosta & Lowndes County
93 F3D 1228Benner v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance
93 F3D 103Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission v. O'Leary
92 F3D 226Auvil v. Grafton Homes, Inc.
91 F3D 497Marzano v. Computer Science Corp.
90 F3D 110Mississippi Department of Economic & Community Development v. United States Department of Labor
9 F3D 677Brotherhood of Midwest Guardians, Inc. v. City of Omaha
9 F3D 617Hayden v. La-Z-Boy Chair Co.
89 F3D 829Mick v. Reno
89 F3D 1269Stupak-Thrall v. United States
88 F3D 255Centennial Life Insurance v. Poston
86 F3D 55Quarles v. Miller
86 F3D 337Stiltner v. Island Creek Coal Co.
86 F3D 1358Lisa Lee Mines v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
86 F3D 1150Guerrieri v. Thompson
85 F3D 617Simons v. West Virginia University
84 F3D 292Pinkham v. Camex, Inc.
82 F3D 1261United States v. Smith
82 F3D 1179Andrade v. Jamestown Housing Authority
81 F3D 437Hughes River Watershed Conservancy v. Glickman
81 F3D 416Hinkle v. City of Clarksburg
81 F3D 149Gray v. Jones
81 F3D 1128Money Station, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
80 F3D 964United States v. Barber
80 F3D 954Evans v. Technologies Applications & Service Co.
80 F3D 519Fawn Mining Corp. v. Hudson
80 F3D 1500Anderson v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
8 F3D 1079Stone v. Kirk
79 F3D 496Life Care Centers of America, Inc. v. Charles Town Associates Ltd. Partnership, LPIMC, Inc.
76 F3D 614United States v. Littleton
76 F3D 606Mountaineer Gas Co. v. Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union
76 F3D 568Lilly v. Internal Revenue Service
76 F3D 535Maher v. Continental Casualty Co.
75 F3D 941United States v. Gullett
75 F3D 1350People of State of California v. Federal Communications Commission
74 F3D 46Roach v. West Virginia Regional Jail & Correctional Facility Authority
73 F3D 711Swaim v. Moltan Co.
73 F3D 509New Jersey Hospital Ass'n v. Waldman
72 F3D 648Pulla v. Amoco Oil Co.