State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Israel Ex Rel. Israel v. West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission

Decided December 20, 1989. Thomas B. Miller wrote the opinion for the court.

388 S.E.2d 480 · Cited 178 times

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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.

Haas v. South Bend Community School Corporation · 289 N.E.2d 495
State Ex Rel. Longanacre v. Crabtree · 350 S.E.2d 760
Department of Civil Rights Ex Rel. Forton v. Waterford Township Department of Parks & Recreation · 387 N.W.2d 821
Robertson v. Goldman · 369 S.E.2d 888
Peters v. Narick · 165 W. Va. 622
Bolling v. Sharpe · 347 U.S. 497
Reed v. Reed · 404 U.S. 71
Isbister v. Boys' Club of Santa Cruz, Inc. · 707 P.2d 212
United States Power Squadrons v. State Human Rights Appeal Board · 59 N.Y.2d 401
Linger v. Jennings · 99 S.E.2d 740
Shepherdstown Volunteer Fire Dept. v. State Ex Rel. State Human Rights Commission · 309 S.E.2d 342
Attorney General of Maryland v. Waldron · 426 A.2d 929
State Ex Rel. Appalachian Power Co. v. Gainer · 143 S.E.2d 351
Darrin v. Gould · 540 P.2d 882
State Ex Rel . Harris v. Calendine · 233 S.E.2d 318
State v. LaMere · 655 P.2d 46
State Ex Rel. M.C.H. v. Kinder · 317 S.E.2d 150
Schilling v. Bedford County Memorial Hospital, Inc. · 303 S.E.2d 905
State of West Virginia Human Rights Commission v. Pauley · 212 S.E.2d 77
Quinnipiac Council, Boy Scouts of America, Inc. v. Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities · 204 Conn. 287
Hoover Ex Rel. Hoover v. Meiklejohn · 430 F. Supp. 164
State v. Rivera · 612 P.2d 526
State of Human Rights Commission v. Pearlman Realty Agency · 239 S.E.2d 145
State ex rel. West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission v. Oakley · 152 W. Va. 533
State v. Memorial Gardens Development Corp. · 143 W. Va. 182

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Baisden v. West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission · 568 S.E.2d 32
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State Ex Rel. Blankenship v. Richardson · 474 S.E.2d 906
O'DELL v. Town of Gauley Bridge · 425 S.E.2d 551
West Virginia Education Ass'n v. Consolidated Public Retirement Board · 194 W. Va. 501
Payne v. Gundy · 468 S.E.2d 335
State Ex Rel. Lambert v. County Commission of Boone County · 452 S.E.2d 906
Frasher v. West Virginia Board of Law Examiners · 408 S.E.2d 675
Affiliated Construction Trades Foundation v. University of West Virginia Board of Trustees · 557 S.E.2d 863
State Ex Rel. West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources v. Carpenter · 564 S.E.2d 173
W. Va. Educ. Ass'n v. Consol. Pub. Retir. Bd. · 460 S.E.2d 747
Cathe v. Doddridge County Board of Education · 490 S.E.2d 340
Skaff v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 444 S.E.2d 39
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McGraw v. Caperton · 446 S.E.2d 921
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