State Supreme Court / W. Va.

State Ex Rel. Partain v. Oakley

Decided July 23, 1976. Thornton G. Berry Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

227 S.E.2d 314 · Cited 68 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. Rush · 217 A.2d 441
Mempa v. Rhay · 389 U.S. 128
State v. Thomas · 203 S.E.2d 445
In Re Smiley · 427 P.2d 179
Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335
West Virginia State Bar v. Earley · 109 S.E.2d 420
People Ex Rel. Conn v. Randolph · 219 N.E.2d 337
State Ex Rel. Hawks v. Lazaro · 202 S.E.2d 109
State Ex Rel. Strickland v. Melton · 165 S.E.2d 90
Bradshaw v. Ball · 487 S.W.2d 294
Weiner v. Fulton County · 148 S.E.2d 143
Dobbs v. Wallace · 201 S.E.2d 914
In Re the Attorney Fees of Meizlish · 196 N.W.2d 129
State ex rel. Riffle v. Thorn · 153 W. Va. 76
United States Steel Corp. v. Stokes · 76 S.E.2d 474
Mars v. Luff · 186 S.E.2d 768
State Ex Rel. St. Clair v. Marinari · 145 S.E.2d 464
Webb v. Baird · 6 Ind. 13
Spaulding v. Warden, West Virginia State Penitentiary · 212 S.E.2d 619
State v. Green · 470 S.W.2d 571
Jackson v. State · 413 P.2d 488
Carter v. Bordenkircher · 226 S.E.2d 711
MacKenzie v. Hillsborough County · 288 So. 2d 200
Minniefield v. State · 260 So. 2d 607
Bolds v. Bennett · 159 N.W.2d 425

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Hughes v. Gwinn · 290 S.E.2d 5
Kent A. Simmons Vs. State Public Defender · 791 N.W.2d 69
Allen v. State of West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 324 S.E.2d 99
Arnold v. Kemp · 813 S.W.2d 770
State v. Demastus · 270 S.E.2d 649
State Ex Rel. Watson v. Ferguson · 274 S.E.2d 440
State Ex Rel . Preissler v. Dostert · 260 S.E.2d 279
State Ex Rel. Frieson v. Isner · 285 S.E.2d 641
Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar v. Karl · 449 S.E.2d 277
State v. Jackson · 298 S.E.2d 866
Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar v. Douglas · 370 S.E.2d 325
State v. Davis · 357 S.E.2d 769
Madden v. Township of Delran · 601 A.2d 211
Pruett v. State · 574 So. 2d 1342
State Ex Rel. Rojas v. Wilkes · 455 S.E.2d 575
State v. Hutcheson · 352 S.E.2d 143
State Ex Rel. Longanacre v. Crabtree · 350 S.E.2d 760
State v. Richter · 378 N.W.2d 175
State Ex Rel. Board of Education v. Manchin · 366 S.E.2d 743
In re L.E.C. · 171 W. Va. 670
State Ex Rel. McCamic v. McCoy · 276 S.E.2d 534

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