State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Cook v. Heck's Inc.

Decided April 4, 1986. Thomas E. McHugh wrote the opinion for the court.

342 S.E.2d 453 · Cited 157 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.

Weiner v. McGraw-Hill, Inc. · 57 N.Y.2d 458
First National Bank of Gallipolis v. Marietta Manufacturing Co. · 151 W. Va. 636
Toussaint v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield · 292 N.W.2d 880
Totten v. Adongay · 337 S.E.2d 2
Thompson v. St. Regis Paper Company · 685 P.2d 1081
Pine River State Bank v. Mettille · 333 N.W.2d 622
Woolley v. Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. · 491 A.2d 1257
Wells v. Smith · 297 S.E.2d 872
Dixon v. American Industrial Leasing Co. · 253 S.E.2d 150
National Labor Relations Board v. Gissel Packing Co. · 395 U.S. 575
Wright v. Standard Ultramarine and Color Co. · 90 S.E.2d 459
Harless v. First National Bank in Fairmont · 246 S.E.2d 270
Harless v. First National Bank in Fairmont · 289 S.E.2d 692
Johnson v. National Beef Packing Co. · 551 P.2d 779
Collins v. Union Federal Sav. & Loan Ass'n · 662 P.2d 610
Leikvold v. Valley View Community Hospital · 688 P.2d 170
Wise v. Southern Pacific Co. · 223 Cal. App. 2d 50
Shanholtz v. Monongahela Power Co. · 270 S.E.2d 178
Roberts Ex Rel. Roberts v. Gale · 139 S.E.2d 272
Ferraro v. Koelsch · 368 N.W.2d 666
Troy Mining Corp. v. Itmann Coal Co. · 346 S.E.2d 749
General Electric Co. v. Keyser · 275 S.E.2d 289
Mauck v. City of Martinsburg · 280 S.E.2d 216
Mau v. Omaha National Bank · 299 N.W.2d 147
Hinkle v. Martin · 256 S.E.2d 768

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