Shimko v. Lobe’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
47 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably State ex rel. Cincinnati Enquirer v. Jones-Kelley (2008), Cleveland Bar Ass'n v. CompManagement, Inc. (2004)
47 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar · Nolan v. Nolan · City of South Euclid v. Jemison · Kneisley v. Lattimer-Stevens Co.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(B) In cases of dispute between lawyers arising under this rule, fees shall be divided in accordance with mediation or arbitration provided by a local bar association. Disputes that cannot be resolved by a local bar association shall be referred to the Ohio State Bar Association for mediation or arbitration.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“This court may no more disregard or infringe upon the constitutional rights of our citizens in the exercise of its regulatory functions than may any other branch of government.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(A) Division of fees by lawyers who are not in the same firm may be made only with the prior consent of the client and if all of the following apply:”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.