138 Wis. 2d 301 - Nelson v. MacHut’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 111 Wis. 2d 518 - Wassenaar v. Panos · 118 Wis. 2d 730 - Standard Theatres, Inc. v. State, Department of Transportation · 122 Wis. 2d 503 - Stoll v. Adriansen · 129 Wis. 2d 411 - State Bank of Hartland v. Arndt · 63 Wis. 2d 320 - Tesch v. Tesch
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[the trial judge] has observed the quality of the services rendered and has access to the file in the case to see all of the work which has gone into the action from its inception. [It] has the expertise to evaluate the reasonableness of the fees with regard to the services rendered.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“The reasonableness of an attorney's fee is one of those rare questions of law to which we give weight to the trial court's determination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The `abuse of discretion' standard of review of trial court decisions is well-known, and is difficult to overcome in the best of cases.”
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.