State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Barefoot v. Sundale Nursing Home

Decided April 13, 1995. Franklin Cleckley wrote the opinion for the court.

457 S.E.2d 152 · Cited 162 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · 450 U.S. 248
Conaway v. Eastern Associated Coal Corp. · 358 S.E.2d 423
Orr v. Crowder · 315 S.E.2d 593
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · 411 U.S. 792
West Virginia University/West Virginia Board of Regents v. Decker · 447 S.E.2d 259
Guyan Valley Hospital, Inc. v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 382 S.E.2d 88
State v. Honaker · 454 S.E.2d 96
McDonald v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co. · 427 U.S. 273
Mildred L.M. v. John O.F. · 452 S.E.2d 436
State Ex Rel. State of W. Va. Human Rights Commission v. Logan-Mingo Area Mental Health Agency, Inc. · 329 S.E.2d 77
Dobson v. Eastern Associated Coal Corp. · 422 S.E.2d 494
Harless v. First National Bank in Fairmont · 246 S.E.2d 270
Shepherdstown Volunteer Fire Dept. v. State Ex Rel. State Human Rights Commission · 309 S.E.2d 342
McClung v. Marion County Commission · 360 S.E.2d 221
Hodgdon v. Mt. Mansfield Co., Inc. · 624 A.2d 1122
Carper v. Kanawha Banking & Trust Co. · 157 W. Va. 477
Teter v. Old Colony Co. · 441 S.E.2d 728
Torrence v. Kusminsky · 408 S.E.2d 684
State v. Flint · 301 S.E.2d 765
Chico Dairy Co. v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 382 S.E.2d 75
State ex rel. Scott v. Boles · 150 W. Va. 453
Huffman v. Appalachian Power Co. · 415 S.E.2d 145
State v. Nuckols · 166 S.E.2d 3
Powell v. Time Insurance · 382 S.E.2d 342
Casteel v. Consolidation Coal Co. · 383 S.E.2d 305

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