State Supreme Court / W. Va.

State Ex Rel. Cooper v. Caperton

Decided February 29, 1996. Franklin Cleckley wrote the opinion for the court.

470 S.E.2d 162 · Cited 223 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 Ex Rel. Morgan v. O'Brien · 60 S.E.2d 722
State Ex Rel. Smith v. Kelly · 141 S.E.2d 142
Cooper v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond · 467 U.S. 867
Appalachian Power Co. v. State Tax Department · 466 S.E.2d 424
Staten v. Dean · 464 S.E.2d 576
State ex rel. Smith v. Gore · 150 W. Va. 71
Opinion of the Justices · 275 A.2d 558
State v. Miller · 459 S.E.2d 114
Tennant v. Marion Health Care Foundation, Inc. · 459 S.E.2d 374
Reed v. Wimmer · 465 S.E.2d 199
South Side Lumber Co. v. Stone Construction Co. · 152 S.E.2d 721
Randolph County Board of Education v. Adams · 467 S.E.2d 150
Dunning v. Barlow & Wisler, Inc. · 148 W. Va. 206
State Ex Rel. Wenzel v. Murray · 585 P.2d 633
State Ex Rel. Montana Citizens for the Preservation of Citizen's Rights v. Waltermire · 738 P.2d 1255
Kremer v. Grant · 606 A.2d 433
Freeman v. Polling · 338 S.E.2d 415
Sturm v. Henderson · 342 S.E.2d 287
Adkins v. Smith · 408 S.E.2d 60

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