State Supreme Court / W. Va.

State Ex Rel. Brotherton v. Blankenship

Decided July 3, 1973. James Marshall Sprouse wrote the opinion for the court.

207 S.E.2d 421 · Cited 72 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.

Coosaw Mining Co. v. South Carolina · 144 U.S. 550
Marshall v. Dye · 231 U.S. 250
Kilbourn v. Thompson · 103 U.S. 168
Leahey v. Farrell · 66 A.2d 577
Smith v. Miller · 384 P.2d 738
Ellingham v. Dye · 178 Ind. 336
State ex rel. Trent v. Sims · 138 W. Va. 244
Commonwealth v. Dodson · 176 Va. 281
Wheeler v. Board of Trustees of Fargo Consolidated School District · 37 S.E.2d 322
People v. Tremaine · 21 N.E.2d 891
Carlson v. State Ex Rel. Stodola · 220 N.E.2d 532
State ex rel. Zickefoose v. West · 145 W. Va. 498
State ex rel. Smith v. Gore · 150 W. Va. 71
State Highway Commission v. Rawson · 312 P.2d 849
State Ex Rel. Morgan v. O'Brien · 60 S.E.2d 722
Baird-Gatzmer Corp. v. Henry Clay Coal Mining Co. · 50 S.E.2d 673
State ex rel. Brown v. Ferguson · 32 Ohio St. 2d 245
Reardon v. Riley · 10 Cal. 2d 531
Flesher v. Board of Review, West Virginia Department of Veterans' Affairs · 138 W. Va. 765
State Ex Rel. Bache & Co. v. Gainer · 177 S.E.2d 10
Appalachian Power Co. v. County Court of Mercer County · 118 S.E.2d 531
Commonwealth ex rel. Carroll v. Tate · 442 Pa. 45
O'Coin's, Inc. v. Treasurer of the County of Worcester · 287 N.E.2d 608
State Ex Rel. Turner v. Iowa State Highway Commission · 186 N.W.2d 141

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State Ex Rel. Steele v. Kopp · 305 S.E.2d 285
State Ex Rel. Rist v. Underwood · 524 S.E.2d 179
Randolph County Board of Education v. Adams · 467 S.E.2d 150
State Ex Rel. City of Princeton v. Buckner · 377 S.E.2d 139
State Ex Rel. McGraw v. Burton · 569 S.E.2d 99
State ex rel. League of Women Voters of West Virginia v. Tomblin · 209 W. Va. 565
Pauley v. Gainer · 353 S.E.2d 318
State Ex Rel. Hash v. McGraw · 376 S.E.2d 634
STATE EX REL. BD. OF ED., ETC. v. Rockefeller · 281 S.E.2d 131
State ex rel. West Virginia Board of Education v. Gainer · 192 W. Va. 417
Committee to Reform Hampshire County Government v. Thompson · 223 W. Va. 346
STATE EX REL. v. Tomblin · 550 S.E.2d 355
COMMITTEE TO REFORM HAMPSHIRE CTY. GOVERNMENT v. Thompson · 674 S.E.2d 207
Pauley v. Kelly · 255 S.E.2d 859
Bailey v. Truby · 321 S.E.2d 302
Winkler v. State School Building Authority · 434 S.E.2d 420
State Ex Rel. Brown v. Dietrick · 444 S.E.2d 47
State Ex Rel. Frazier v. Meadows · 454 S.E.2d 65
Foster v. Sakhai · 559 S.E.2d 53
State ex rel. Board of Education v. Rockefeller · 167 W. Va. 72
State Ex Rel. Mountaineer Park, Inc. v. Polan · 438 S.E.2d 308
State Ex Rel. Lambert v. Stephens · 490 S.E.2d 891
Powers v. Goodwin · 291 S.E.2d 466

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