Turpin v. Smedinghoff’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
July 2009
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 90 Wash. 2d 476 - Seattle School District No. 1 v. State · Gregg v. Gardner · 87 Wash. 2d 796 - Hsu Ying Li v. Tang · 98 Wash. 2d 835 - Perez v. Pappas · Bassett v. Bassett
Most-quoted passages
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“In light of the interpretation of the Washington cases and our reluctance to award attorney}] fees absent an express statute, court rule, or contract providing for such award, we clarify that Bassett stands for the proposition that the partnership statutes imply the basis for an award of attorney}] fees only when there has been a breach of fiduciary duty as a result of constructive fraud that results in actual harm or when one partner sues in order to maintain the common fund.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Clark v. Sims
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.