State Supreme Court / W. Va.

State Ex Rel. Appalachian Power Co. v. Gainer

Decided July 13, 1965. Harlan M. Calhoun wrote the opinion for the court.

143 S.E.2d 351 · Cited 172 times

Official text

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

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.

State v. City of Austin · 331 S.W.2d 737
Farley v. Graney · 119 S.E.2d 833
Minneapolis Gas Co. v. Zimmerman · 253 Minn. 164
State Ex Rel. Heck's, Inc. v. Gates · 141 S.E.2d 369
Edge v. Brice · 113 N.W.2d 755
Tweel v. West Virginia Racing Commission · 76 S.E.2d 874
State Ex Rel. Smith v. Kelly · 141 S.E.2d 142
State Ex Rel. West Virginia Board of Education v. Sims · 81 S.E.2d 665
Pack v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 387 S.W.2d 789
State Ex Rel. Roth v. Sims · 81 S.E.2d 670
State Ex Rel. County Court of Marion County v. Demus · 135 S.E.2d 352
State Ex Rel. Slatton v. Boles · 130 S.E.2d 192
City of Huntington v. State Water Commission · 73 S.E.2d 833
State Ex Rel. Dyer v. Sims · 58 S.E.2d 766
State Ex Rel. Plymale v. City of Huntington · 131 S.E.2d 160
State Ex Rel. County Court of Cabell County v. Battle · 131 S.E.2d 730
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. City of Morgantown · 107 S.E.2d 489
State ex rel. Wheeling Downs Racing Ass'n v. Perry · 148 W. Va. 68
Kenny v. County Court of Webster County · 21 S.E.2d 385
Nuckols v. Athey · 138 S.E.2d 344
State Ex Rel. Dieringer v. Bachman · 48 S.E.2d 420
Herold v. C. J. Hughes & Hamilton Gas Corp. · 90 S.E.2d 451
State Ex Rel. McMillion v. Stahl · 89 S.E.2d 693
State Ex Rel. Rickey v. Sims · 7 S.E.2d 54
Charleston Transit Company v. Condry · 86 S.E.2d 391

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

West Virginia Trust Fund, Inc. v. Bailey · 485 S.E.2d 407
State Ex Rel. Metz v. Bailey · 159 S.E.2d 673
State Ex Rel. West Virginia Citizens Action Group v. West Virginia Economic Development Grant Committee · 580 S.E.2d 869
State Ex Rel. City of Charleston v. Bosely · 268 S.E.2d 590
State Ex Rel. Cities of Charleston v. West Virginia Economic Development Authority · 588 S.E.2d 655
Contractors Ass'n of West Virginia v. West Virginia Department of Public Safety · 434 S.E.2d 357
State ex rel. Cooper v. Tennant · 229 W. Va. 585
State Ex Rel. West Virginia Housing Development Fund v. Copenhaver · 171 S.E.2d 545
Louk v. Cormier · 622 S.E.2d 788
Simpson v. West Virginia Office of the Insurance Commissioner · 223 W. Va. 495
State ex rel. State Building Commission v. Moore · 155 W. Va. 212
State Ex Rel. Hall v. Taylor · 178 S.E.2d 48
State v. Ivey · 474 S.E.2d 501
STATE EX REL. STATE BUILDING COM'N v. Moore · 184 S.E.2d 94
Hartley Hill Hunt Club v. County Commission of Ritchie County · 647 S.E.2d 818
Simpson v. WV. OFFICE OF INS. COM'R · 678 S.E.2d 1
State Ex Rel. City of Princeton v. Buckner · 377 S.E.2d 139
Appalachian Power Co. v. City of Huntington · 210 S.E.2d 471
Israel Ex Rel. Israel v. West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission · 388 S.E.2d 480
State v. James · 710 S.E.2d 98
Lewis v. Canaan Valley Resorts, Inc. · 408 S.E.2d 634
State Ex Rel. Frazier v. Meadows · 454 S.E.2d 65
Robinson v. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. · 414 S.E.2d 877
Randall v. Fairmont City Police Department · 412 S.E.2d 737
Willis v. O'BRIEN · 153 S.E.2d 178

Explore from here

Harlan M. Calhoun’s Judicial Record · W. Va. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).