Legal Opinion · Dissent

In Re: Remains of Chester Howard West

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided June 6, 2017No. 16-0410Published

1DissentLoughry, Chief Justice

“‘[A]s to the dead, who are not here to answer for themselves, it would be the height of injustice and cruelty to disturb their ashes, and violate the sanctity .of the grave[.]’” Haudenschilt v. Haudenschilt, 129 W.Va. 92, 121, 39 S.E.2d 328, 343 (1946) (Kenna, J., dissenting) (internal citation omitted). Yet, the majority of this Court has done just that and, in the process, they have opened Pandora’s Box. Critically, “[g]ood intentions ... like bad facts[] sometimes make bad law.” Motorists Mut. Ins. Co. v. Huron Rd. Hosp., 73 Ohio St.3d 391, 653 N.E.2d 235, 239 (1995). Consequently, I am…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Findley v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Motorists Mutual Insurance v. Huron Road HospitalOhio Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish National Catholic Church v. SoklowskiSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
  4. Haudenschilt v. HaudenschiltWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1946
  5. Grisso v. NolenSupreme Court of Virginia · 2001

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