Farley v. Zapata Coal Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing that “[w]orking people should not have to resort to lawsuits to collect wages they have earned”
• observing that \[w]orking people should not have to resort to lawsuits to collect wages they have earned\
• stating that “[b]oth the Wage Payment and Collection Act and our mechanics’ lien statutes are designed to protect the laborer and act as an aid in the collection of compensation wrongfully withheld”
• indicating that attorney fees may be awarded but are not mandatory
• indicating that attorney fees may be awarded but are not mandatory
• discussing the purpose of fee awards in wage payment and collection proceedings

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Derr
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-11-18· cited 250×
• Nelson v. West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Board
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-01-20· cited 231×
• Meadows v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2000-06-09· cited 94×
• Allen v. State of West Virginia Human Rights Commission
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-12-06· cited 81×
• Williams v. Tri-County Growers, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1984-10-22· cited 77×
• Meadows v. Lewis
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-07-07· cited 68×
• Mullins v. Venable
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-11-18· cited 61×
• Bishop Coal Co. v. Salyers
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-05-16· cited 60×
• State v. Dennis
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2004-12-01· cited 44×
• Poling v. Motorists Mutual Insurance
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-10-28· cited 38×
• Boley v. Miller
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1992-05-15· cited 30×
• Quicken Loans, Inc. v. Brown
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2012-11-21· cited 30×
• Jones v. Tri-County Growers, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-02-23· cited 28×
• Forsberg v. Bovis Lend Lease, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2008-04-24· cited 23×
• Clendenin Lumber & Supply Co. v. Carpenter
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-07-08· cited 21×
• Hollen v. Hathaway Electric, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 20×
• Grim v. Eastern Electric, LLC
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2014-11-03· cited 20×
• Perry v. Barker
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-03-18· cited 19×
• Amick v. C & T Development Co., Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1992-04-02· cited 19×
• Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-03-04· cited 18×

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In Re Public Ledger, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1947-04-25· cited 154×
• Tug Valley Recovery Center, Inc. v. Mingo County Commission
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-12-13· cited 74×
• State Ex Rel. Nilsen v. Oregon State Motor Ass'n
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1967-10-18· cited 61×
• Snodgrass v. Sisson's Mobile Home Sales, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-04-07· cited 45×
• United States v. Munro-Van Helms Company, Inc., Bankrupt
  Fifth Circuit· 1957-05-03· cited 40×
• Textile Workers Union v. Paris Fabric Mills, Inc.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1952-10-30· cited 30×
• Orndorff v. West Virginia Department of Health
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-03-18· cited 23×
• Erickson v. General Motors Corporation
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1954-11-13· cited 22×
• State Ex Rel. Miller v. Locke
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-04-10· cited 21×
• Kavanas v. Mead
  Fourth Circuit· 1948-12-20· cited 21×
• TEXTILE, ETC., AM. v. Paris Fabric Mills, Inc.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1952-03-11· cited 19×
• Dials v. Blair
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1959-11-17· cited 18×
• State Ex Rel. Davis v. Iman Mining Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1958-12-02· cited 18×
• In the Matter of the Ad Service Engraving Company, Bankrupt. Nick A. Arabian v. Ralph H. Coleman, Trustee in Bankruptcy
  Sixth Circuit· 1964-11-09· cited 13×
• Carolina Lumber Company v. Cunningham
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1972-11-28· cited 13×
• Jones v. District Parking Management Co.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1970-09-10· cited 13×
• Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates v. Hatcher
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1959-03-17· cited 12×
• Irving Sulmeyer, Trustee in Bankruptcy, Etc. v. Southern California Pipe Trades Trust Fund
  Ninth Circuit· 1962-04-11· cited 11×
• People v. Bishopp
  Appellate Division of the Superior Court of California· 1976-03-08· cited 10×
• Textile Workers Union v. Williamsport Textile Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1955-11-30· cited 9×