State Ex Rel. Lemaster v. Oakley

How courts have described this case

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

• court-appointed counsel for indigent parents in civil child neglect proceedings
• “In child neglect proceedings which may result in the termination of parental rights to the custody of natural children, indigent parents are entitled to the assistance of counsel because of the requirements of the Due Process clauses of the West Virginia and United States Constitutions.”
• court-appointed counsel for indigent parents in civil child neglect proceedings
• court-appointed counsel for indigent parents in civil child neglect proceedings
• mandating a case-by-case determination of the need for counsel
• right to counsel in parental rights termination eases

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1981-08-28· cited 3,458×
• In Interest of DB
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-05-16· cited 166×
• In Re Emily G.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2009-10-29· cited 131×
• Matter of Chad S.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1978-06-27· cited 121×
• Department of Public Welfare v. J. K. B.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-16· cited 75×
• Cleaver v. Wilcox
  Ninth Circuit· 1974-06-07· cited 73×
• Matter of Adoption of KAS
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1993-04-27· cited 70×
• State in Interest of Driscoll
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1982-01-14· cited 47×
• Davis v. Page
  S.D. Florida· 1977-11-23· cited 46×
• In Re Stephen Tyler R.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2003-07-01· cited 43×
• Hilary Davis, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. William J. Page, Jr., Etc., Circuit Judges Dixie Herlong Chastain, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-07-08· cited 36×
• Gregory F. v. William R.
  California Court of Appeal· 1983-12-28· cited 35×
• State Ex Rel. Graves v. Daugherty
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-05-13· cited 34×
• Hilary Davis, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. William J. Page, Jr., Etc., Circuit Judges Dixie Herlong Chastain, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-03-23· cited 30×
• Matter of Lindsey C.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-07-19· cited 28×
• State Ex Rel. Jones v. Warmuth
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-11-25· cited 18×
• Anderson v. George
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1977-03-29· cited 18×
• State, in Interest of Howard
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1980-02-25· cited 16×
• In the Interest of \A\ Children
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2008-07-31· cited 9×
• Matter of Carolyn SS
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-09-21· cited 8×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Powell v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1932-11-07· cited 4,979×
• Bell v. Burson
  Supreme Court· 1971-05-24· cited 2,202×
• In re Willis
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1973-12-11· cited 210×
• In re Ella B.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1972-06-08· cited 125×
• In Re Adoption of R. I.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-12-04· cited 102×
• State v. Jamison
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1968-07-26· cited 94×
• Danforth v. State Department of Health and Welfare
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1973-04-17· cited 83×
• State Ex Rel. Hawks v. Lazaro
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1974-01-15· cited 75×
• In Interest of Friesz
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1973-06-08· cited 38×
• In Re Robinson
  California Court of Appeal· 1970-06-15· cited 29×
• In Re Simmons Children
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1970-10-20· cited 26×
• State Ex Rel. Bowen v. Flowers
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1971-11-09· cited 19×
• State Ex Rel. Wilson v. Bambrick
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1973-05-29· cited 8×
• White v. Green
  New York Family Court· 1972-05-03· cited 4×