Sniffin v. Cline

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that deference must be afforded to reasonable and permissible construction of a statute by the DMV because it has “policymaking authority” with regard to the statute
• distinguishing between silence and ambiguity of statute interpreted by agency (citing Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837, 104 S.Ct. 2778, 81 L.Ed.2d 694 (1984))
• “[t]he circuit court’s adjudicatory interpretation of these statutes is entitled to no special deference and is subject to our independent review”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Appalachian Power Co. v. State Tax Department
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-12-08· cited 442×
• West Virginia Health Care Cost Review Authority v. Boone Memorial Hospital
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-05-17· cited 115×
• Maikotter v. University of West Virginia Board of Trustees/West Virginia University
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1999-12-14· cited 52×
• State v. Heironimus
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1997-07-11· cited 19×
• Griffith v. FRONTIER WEST VIRGINIA, INC.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2011-11-10· cited 8×
• In re Snuffer
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-03-24· cited 8×
• Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Inc. v. Marfork Coal Co.
  S.D. West Virginia· 2013-08-22· cited 4×
• State v. Harris
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-10-27· cited 2×
• Steven O. Dale, Acting Comm. v. Benjamin M. Knopp
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2013-05-17
• John Keener d/b/a Mountaineer Inspection Services, LLC v. Matthew Irby, State Tax Commissioner of West Virginia
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2021-11-08
• Miller v. Cline
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-02-17
• St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc. d/b/a St. Joseph's Hospital v. Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Company and West Virginia Health Care Authority
  Int. Ct. of App. of W.Va.· 2024-05-23

Cites

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

• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 20,645×
• Bell v. Burson
  Supreme Court· 1971-05-24· cited 2,202×
• Custis v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1994-05-23· cited 1,278×
• Dixon v. Love
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-16· cited 589×
• United States v. Shimer
  Supreme Court· 1961-06-12· cited 530×
• Pauley v. BethEnergy Mines, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-24· cited 524×
• Smith v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1975-11-04· cited 513×
• State Ex Rel. Simpkins v. Harvey
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-06-29· cited 95×
• Mildred L.M. v. John O.F.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-12-08· cited 70×
• Pristavec v. Westfield Insurance
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-12-14· cited 55×
• State Ex Rel. Goff v. Merrifield
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-06-17· cited 34×
• State v. Jennings
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1986-06-24· cited 29×
• Stalnaker v. Roberts
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-12-18· cited 27×
• Dillon v. Board of Educ. of County of Mingo
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-03-25· cited 23×
• Zapata Haynie Corp. v. Barnard
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-05-21· cited 21×
• Mills v. Van Kirk
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-12-21· cited 20×
• Wells v. Roberts
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-07-14· cited 19×
• West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources/Welch Emergency Hospital v. Blankenship
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1993-06-11· cited 18×
• Hechler v. McCuskey
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-12-09· cited 12×
• W.VA. Nonintoxicating Beer Commr. v. Tavern
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-07-03· cited 8×