State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Brown Ex Rel. Brown v. Genesis Healthcare

Decided June 29, 2011. Menis E. Ketchum II wrote the opinion for the court.

724 S.E.2d 250 · Cited 119 times

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Morgan v. Ford Motor Co. · 680 S.E.2d 77
McGinnis v. Cayton · 312 S.E.2d 765
State Ex Rel. Saylor v. Wilkes · 613 S.E.2d 914
Kyriazis v. University of West Virginia · 450 S.E.2d 649
Armendariz v. Found. Health Psychcare Servs., Inc. · 6 P.3d 669
Board of Education v. W. Harley Miller, Inc. · 236 S.E.2d 439
Sonic-Calabasas A, Inc. v. Moreno · 51 Cal. 4th 659
Murphy v. North American River Runners, Inc. · 412 S.E.2d 504
First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. Kaplan · 514 U.S. 938
Abramson v. Juniper Networks, Inc. · 9 Cal. Rptr. 3d 422
Copley v. NCR Corp. · 394 S.E.2d 751
Hayes v. Oakridge Home · 2009 Ohio 2054
Carter v. SSC Odin Operating Co., LLC · 927 N.E.2d 1207
Troy Mining Corp. v. Itmann Coal Co. · 346 S.E.2d 749
State ex rel. United Asphalt Suppliers, Inc. v. Sanders · 204 W. Va. 23
Hume v. United States · 132 U.S. 406
Little v. Auto Stiegler, Inc. · 63 P.3d 979
American Food Management, Inc. v. Henson · 434 N.E.2d 59
State Ex Rel. McGraw v. Scott Runyan Pontiac-Buick, Inc. · 461 S.E.2d 516
Appalachian Power Co. v. State Tax Department · 466 S.E.2d 424
Chapman v. Kane Transfer Co., Inc. · 236 S.E.2d 207
Fayette County National Bank v. Lilly · 484 S.E.2d 232
Gallapoo v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · 475 S.E.2d 172

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