State Supreme Court / W. Va.

State Ex Rel. Barker v. Manchin

Decided June 15, 1981. Darrell V. McGraw Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

279 S.E.2d 622 · Cited 100 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.

State v. A.L.I.V.E. Voluntary · 606 P.2d 769
Walls v. Miller · 162 W. Va. 563
Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447
Dixon v. American Industrial Leasing Co. · 205 S.E.2d 4
State Ex Rel. Brotherton v. Moore · 230 S.E.2d 638
Pauley v. Kelly · 255 S.E.2d 859
Boyer-Campbell Co. v. Fry · 260 N.W. 165
State Ex Rel. West Virginia Housing Development Fund v. Copenhaver · 171 S.E.2d 545
State Ex Rel. County Court of Marion County v. Demus · 135 S.E.2d 352
State Ex Rel. Greenbrier County Airport Authority v. Hanna · 153 S.E.2d 284
State v. Huber · 40 S.E.2d 11
State Ex Rel. Maloney v. McCartney · 223 S.E.2d 607
State Ex Rel. State Building Commission v. Bailey · 150 S.E.2d 449
Sims v. Fisher · 25 S.E.2d 216
State Ex Rel. Morris v. West Virginia Racing Commission · 55 S.E.2d 263
State Ex Rel. Brotherton v. Blankenship · 214 S.E.2d 467
Robertson v. Hatcher · 135 S.E.2d 675
People v. Tremaine · 21 N.E.2d 891
Mountaineer Disposal Service, Inc. v. Dyer · 197 S.E.2d 111
Delardas v. County Court of Monongalia County · 186 S.E.2d 847
State Ex Rel. Cogar v. Kidd · 234 S.E.2d 899
Matter of Moran v. La Guardia · 1 N.E.2d 961
Kanawha County Public Library v. County Court of Kanawha County · 102 S.E.2d 712
State ex rel. Smoleski v. County Court of Hancock County · 153 W. Va. 307
Rosenberg v. Rosenberg · 210 Va. 44

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