State Supreme Court / W. Va.

State Ex Rel. West Virginia Housing Development Fund v. Copenhaver

Decided December 9, 1969. Harlan M. Calhoun wrote the opinion for the court.

171 S.E.2d 545 · Cited 97 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.

State Ex Rel. Appalachian Power Co. v. Gainer · 143 S.E.2d 351
Chapman v. Huntington, West Virginia, Housing Authority · 3 S.E.2d 502
Meisel v. Tri-State Airport Authority · 64 S.E.2d 32
State Ex Rel. McMillion v. Stahl · 89 S.E.2d 693
State Ex Rel. County Court of Marion County v. Demus · 135 S.E.2d 352
Willis v. O'BRIEN · 153 S.E.2d 178
State Ex Rel. Greenbrier County Airport Authority v. Hanna · 153 S.E.2d 284
Sims v. Fisher · 25 S.E.2d 216
State Ex Rel. Metz v. Bailey · 159 S.E.2d 673
State Ex Rel. West Virginia Board of Aeronautics v. Sims · 41 S.E.2d 506
State Ex Rel. Board of Governors of West Virginia University v. Sims · 82 S.E.2d 321
Kenny v. County Court of Webster County · 21 S.E.2d 385
West Central Producers Co-Operative Ass'n v. Commissioner of Agriculture · 20 S.E.2d 797
La Follette v. City of Fairmont · 76 S.E.2d 572
Brouzas v. City of Morgantown · 106 S.E.2d 244
Guaranty Trust Co. of New York v. West Virginia Turnpike Commission · 107 S.E.2d 792
J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United States · 276 U.S. 394
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency v. New England Merchants National Bank of Boston · 249 N.E.2d 599

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State Ex Rel. West Virginia Citizens Action Group v. West Virginia Economic Development Grant Committee · 580 S.E.2d 869
State ex rel. West Virginia Housing Development Fund v. Waterhouse · 158 W. Va. 196
State Ex Rel. Marockie v. Wagoner · 446 S.E.2d 680
State Ex Rel. Hughes v. Board of Education · 174 S.E.2d 711
State Ex Rel. White v. Todt · 475 S.E.2d 426
State Ex Rel. City of Charleston v. Coghill · 207 S.E.2d 113
John R. Grubb, Inc. v. Iowa Housing Finance Authority · 255 N.W.2d 89
Delardas v. County Court of Monongalia County · 186 S.E.2d 847
Simpson v. West Virginia Office of the Insurance Commissioner · 223 W. Va. 495
State ex rel. League of Women Voters of West Virginia v. Tomblin · 209 W. Va. 565
Simpson v. WV. OFFICE OF INS. COM'R · 678 S.E.2d 1
STATE EX REL. v. Tomblin · 550 S.E.2d 355
Woodring v. Whyte · 242 S.E.2d 238
Women's Health Center of West Virginia, Inc. v. Panepinto · 446 S.E.2d 658
State Ex Rel. Mountaineer Park, Inc. v. Polan · 438 S.E.2d 308
Charleston Urban Renewal Authority v. Courtland Co. · 509 S.E.2d 569
Mountain Valley Pipeline v. Brian C. and Doris W. McCurdy · 238 W. Va. 200
State Ex Rel. Barker v. Manchin · 279 S.E.2d 622
State Ex Rel. Douglas v. Nebraska Mortgage Finance Fund · 283 N.W.2d 12
Myers v. Frazier · 319 S.E.2d 782
Allen v. State of West Virginia Human Rights Commission · 324 S.E.2d 99
Martin v. North Carolina Housing Corporation · 175 S.E.2d 665
State Ex Rel. Blankenship v. Richardson · 474 S.E.2d 906
Johnson v. Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency · 453 Pa. 329

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