State Supreme Court / W. Va.

State Ex Rel. Hoover v. Berger

Decided January 16, 1997. Franklin Cleckley wrote the opinion for the court.

483 S.E.2d 12 · Cited 530 times

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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.

Ebbert v. Bouchelle · 14 S.E.2d 614
United States v. Morton Salt Co. · 338 U.S. 632
State v. Harman · 270 S.E.2d 146
West Virginia Advocates for the Developmentally Disabled v. Casey · 178 W. Va. 682
Donovan v. Lone Steer, Inc. · 464 U.S. 408
Crawford v. Taylor · 75 S.E.2d 370
Woodall v. Laurita · 195 S.E.2d 717
Appalachian Regional Health Care, Inc. v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 376 S.E.2d 317
State Ex Rel. Hoover v. Smith · 482 S.E.2d 124
West Virginia Human Rights Commission v. Moore · 411 S.E.2d 702

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