In Re O'Brien’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
3
states following
February 2014
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 2010
Relies on Van Orman v. Nelson · Van Orman v. Nelson · Matter of Turpen · Matter of Martinez · Matter of Smith
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“explain a matter to the extent reasonably necessary to permit the client to make informed decisions....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Any fee is excessive when absolutely no services are provided.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.