State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Cooper v. Gwinn

Decided September 3, 1982. Richard Forlani Neely wrote the opinion for the court.

298 S.E.2d 781 · Cited 104 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.

E. H. v. Matin · 284 S.E.2d 232
State Ex Rel . Harris v. Calendine · 233 S.E.2d 318
State ex rel. Trent v. Sims · 138 W. Va. 244
State Ex Rel. Bronaugh v. City of Parkersburg · 136 S.E.2d 783
Moore v. Starcher · 280 S.E.2d 693
Holden v. Hardy · 169 U.S. 366
Hurley v. Allied Chemical Corp. · 262 S.E.2d 757
Pauley v. Kelly · 255 S.E.2d 859
Jenkins v. J. C. Penney Casualty Ins. · 280 S.E.2d 252
Terry v. Sencindiver · 171 S.E.2d 480
Woodring v. Whyte · 242 S.E.2d 238
State Ex Rel. Brotherton v. Blankenship · 214 S.E.2d 467
State Ex Rel. Damron v. Ferrell · 143 S.E.2d 469
State ex rel. Board of Education v. Rockefeller · 167 W. Va. 72
Board of Trustees of Policemen's Pension v. City of Huntington · 142 W. Va. 217
State Ex Rel. Moore v. Blankenship · 217 S.E.2d 232
Russell Transfer, Inc. v. Moore · 212 S.E.2d 433
Walls v. Miller · 162 W. Va. 563
State ex rel. Smoleski v. County Court of Hancock County · 153 W. Va. 307
Delardas v. County Court of Monongalia County · 158 W. Va. 1027

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