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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 14 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State Ex Rel. Appalachian Power Co. v. Gainer.

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1 State Ex Rel. Appalachian Power Co. v. Gainer Anchor
wva · 1965
green “courts are not concerned with questions relating to legislative policy. the general powers of the legislature, within constitutional limits, are almost plenary.” 8
2 Lewis v. Canaan Valley Resorts, Inc.
wva · 1991
green “he judiciary may not sit as a superlegislature to judge the wisdom or desirability of legislative policy determinations made in areas that neither affect fundamental rights nor proceed along suspect lines.” 6

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