State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Public Citizen, Inc. v. First National Bank in Fairmont

Decided December 5, 1996. Franklin Cleckley wrote the opinion for the court.

480 S.E.2d 538 · Cited 225 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.

Shanholtz v. Monongahela Power Co. · 270 S.E.2d 178
Peoples National Bank v. American Fidelity Fire Insurance · 386 A.2d 1254
Myers v. Morgantown Health Care Corp. · 434 S.E.2d 7
Phillips v. Fox · 458 S.E.2d 327
Mildred L.M. v. John O.F. · 452 S.E.2d 436
State Ex Rel. Blankenship v. Richardson · 474 S.E.2d 906
Board of Education of the County of Mercer v. Wirt · 453 S.E.2d 402
National Bank v. Refrigerated Transport Co. · 248 S.E.2d 496
Citizens State Bank v. National Surety Corp. · 612 P.2d 70
State Ex Rel. Manchin v. Lively · 295 S.E.2d 912
American Machine Tool Distributors Ass'n v. National Permanent Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n · 464 A.2d 907
John W. Lohr Funeral Home, Inc. v. Hess & Eisenhardt Co. · 166 S.E.2d 141

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