State Supreme Court / W. Va.

State ex rel. Trent v. Sims

Decided May 18, 1953. James B. Riley wrote the opinion for the court.

138 W. Va. 244 · Cited 71 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.

Mayor of Baltimore v. O'Conor · 128 A. 759
Harbert v. County Court of Harrison County · 39 S.E.2d 177
Coleman v. Town of Eutaw · 157 Ala. 327
State v. Alden Mills · 12 So. 2d 204
People v. Tremaine · 21 N.E.2d 891
Fazio v. Pittsburgh Railways Company · 182 A. 696
Bachrach v. Nelson · 182 N.E. 909
People v. One 1941 Ford 8 Stake Truck · 26 Cal. 2d 503
State v. Conley · 190 S.E. 908
Dorsey v. Petrott · 13 A.2d 630
City of Roanoke v. James W. Michael's Bakery Corp. · 180 Va. 132
Lingamfelter v. Brown · 52 S.E.2d 687
State v. McIntyre · 66 P.2d 879
Saslaw v. Weiss · 14 N.E.2d 930
State v. Reeves · 99 S.E. 841
Biggs v. Beeler · 173 S.W.2d 144
People v. Tremaine · 257 A.D. 117

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W. VA. EDUC. ASS'N v. Legislature · 369 S.E.2d 454
STATE EX REL. BD. OF ED., ETC. v. Rockefeller · 281 S.E.2d 131
Pauley v. Kelly · 255 S.E.2d 859
Cooper v. Gwinn · 298 S.E.2d 781
Board of Ed. of Wyoming County v. BOARD OF PUB. WKS. · 109 S.E.2d 552
Appalachian Power Co. v. County Court of Mercer County · 118 S.E.2d 531
DePond v. Gainer · 351 S.E.2d 358
State ex rel. League of Women Voters of West Virginia v. Tomblin · 209 W. Va. 565
West Virginia Education Ass'n v. Legislature of West Virginia · 179 W. Va. 381
State ex rel. West Virginia Citizen Action Group v. Tomblin · 227 W. Va. 687
STATE EX REL. v. Tomblin · 550 S.E.2d 355
STATE EX REL. WEST VIRGINIA CITIZEN ACTION GROUP v. Tomblin · 715 S.E.2d 36
State ex rel. Board of Education v. Rockefeller · 167 W. Va. 72
Dadisman v. Moore · 384 S.E.2d 816
State Ex Rel. Brotherton v. Blankenship · 207 S.E.2d 421
Manchin v. Browning · 296 S.E.2d 909
Louk v. Cormier · 622 S.E.2d 788
Robertson v. Hatcher · 135 S.E.2d 675
State ex rel. Zickefoose v. West · 145 W. Va. 498
In Re: Hillcrest Memorial Gardens · 119 S.E.2d 753
SER Patrick Morrisey, Attorney General v. W. Va. Ofc. of Disciplinary Counsel, etc. · 234 W. Va. 238
State Ex Rel. Metz v. Bailey · 159 S.E.2d 673
State Ex Rel. Mountaineer Park, Inc. v. Polan · 438 S.E.2d 308
Diamond v. Parkersburg-Aetna Corp. · 146 W. Va. 543

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