State Supreme Court / W. Va.

State Ex Rel . Harris v. Calendine

Decided March 22, 1977. Richard Forlani Neely wrote the opinion for the court.

233 S.E.2d 318 · Cited 111 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.

In re Lavette M. · 35 N.Y.2d 136
State Ex Rel. Hawks v. Lazaro · 202 S.E.2d 109
Martarella v. Kelley · 349 F. Supp. 575
Wyatt v. Stickney · 325 F. Supp. 781
State Ex Rel. Slatton v. Boles · 130 S.E.2d 192
Linger v. Jennings · 99 S.E.2d 740
State Ex Rel. Pingley v. Coiner · 186 S.E.2d 220
Johnson v. State · 114 A.2d 1
In Re Simmons Children · 177 S.E.2d 19
State v. Wender · 141 S.E.2d 359
State Ex Rel. Browning v. Boles · 132 S.E.2d 505
State Ex Rel. Wilson v. Bambrick · 195 S.E.2d 721
Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726
State v. Flinn · 208 S.E.2d 538
State Ex Rel. Alsop v. McCartney · 228 S.E.2d 278
Medberry v. Patterson · 188 F. Supp. 557
Crow v. Coiner · 323 F. Supp. 555

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

State Ex Rel. H. K. v. Taylor · 289 S.E.2d 673
State Ex Rel. C. A. H. v. Strickler · 251 S.E.2d 222
Wanstreet v. Bordenkircher · 276 S.E.2d 205
McDonald v. Cline · 455 S.E.2d 558
State Ex Rel. D. D. H. v. Dostert · 269 S.E.2d 401
Means v. Sidiropolis · 401 S.E.2d 447
Cooper v. Gwinn · 298 S.E.2d 781
West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System v. Dodd · 396 S.E.2d 725
Courtney v. State Department of Health · 388 S.E.2d 491
State v. DAMIAN R. · 591 S.E.2d 168
Wanstreet v. Bordenkircher · 276 S.E.2d 205
Matter of CH · 683 P.2d 931
State Ex Rel. B. S. v. Hill · 294 S.E.2d 126
Appalachian Power Co. v. State Tax Department · 466 S.E.2d 424
Pauley v. Kelly · 255 S.E.2d 859
Israel Ex Rel. Israel v. West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission · 388 S.E.2d 480
Atchinson v. Erwin · 302 S.E.2d 78
State Ex Rel. M.C.H. v. Kinder · 317 S.E.2d 150
Pristavec v. Westfield Insurance · 400 S.E.2d 575
Smith v. W. Va. State Board of Education · 295 S.E.2d 680
Hartsock-Flesher Candy Co. v. Wheeling Wholesale Grocery Co. · 328 S.E.2d 144
Bailey v. Truby · 321 S.E.2d 302
State Ex Rel. Whitman v. Fox · 236 S.E.2d 565
Estep v. Mike Ferrell Ford Lincoln-Mercury, Inc. · 672 S.E.2d 345
Women's Health Center of West Virginia, Inc. v. Panepinto · 446 S.E.2d 658

Explore from here

Richard Forlani Neely’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).