Evans v. Hutchinson

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• “Where a statute is of doubtful meaning, the contemporaneous construction placed thereon by the officers of government charged with its execution is entitled to great weight, and will not be disregarded or overthrown unless it is clear that such construction is erroneous.”

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Cited by

41 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Smith v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1975-11-04· cited 513×
• Randolph County Board of Education v. Scalia
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-11-21· cited 128×
• State Ex Rel. ACF Industries, Inc. v. Vieweg
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1999-02-05· cited 76×
• Security National Bank & Trust Co. v. First W. Va. Bancorp., Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-05-05· cited 60×
• Repass v. Workers' Compensation Division
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2002-07-17· cited 49×
• Bailey v. Truby
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-09-26· cited 47×
• Dillon v. Board of Educ. of County of Mingo
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-03-25· cited 23×
• City of Huntington v. Bacon
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-06-14· cited 23×
• Powers v. Goodwin
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-05-17· cited 22×
• Daniel W. Thomas v. William Ray McDermitt and State Farm Mutual Insurance
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2013-10-07· cited 20×
• Smith v. Board of Educ. of County of Logan
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-12-19· cited 20×
• FOSTER FOUNDATION v. Gainer
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2011-03-10· cited 18×
• George v. Godby
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-07-12· cited 15×
• Beckley v. Kirk
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-03-02· cited 15×
• Thomas v. Board of Education
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-12-11· cited 14×
• DePond v. Gainer
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-07-24· cited 13×
• Kemp v. Boyd
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-02-21· cited 13×
• Rogers v. City of South Charleston
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-07-11· cited 13×
• Sturm v. Henderson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-04-04· cited 9×
• Lane v. Blair
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-11-28· cited 9×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Daugherty v. Ellis
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1956-12-18· cited 67×
• Honaker v. Board of Education
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1896-04-08· cited 53×
• Shinn v. Board of Education
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1894-11-24· cited 33×
• Smith v. Godby
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1970-04-21· cited 28×
• State ex rel. Brandon v. Board of Control
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1919-09-09· cited 27×
• Edwards v. Hylbert
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1960-12-06· cited 27×
• State ex rel. Daily Gazette Co. v. County Court of Kanawha County
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1952-04-29· cited 21×
• Jordan v. McCourt
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1950-12-05· cited 12×
• Canyon Public Service District v. Tasa Coal Company
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1973-04-10· cited 12×
• Hunt v. Board of Education of County of Kanawha
  S.D. West Virginia· 1971-01-18· cited 12×
• State ex rel. Davis v. Hix
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1955-12-06· cited 12×
• State Ex Rel. Dolin v. City of Huntington
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1970-10-06· cited 6×
• Farmers & Merchants Bank of Keyser v. Haden
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1970-06-23· cited 3×

Other cases named Evans v. Hutchinson

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Evans v. Hutchinson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1975-04-08