14 N.J. Super. 58 - Hughes v. Eisner’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 4 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently February 2008
6 federal appellate · 4 district · 12 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 Lynde v. Lynde · A. Hollander & Son, Inc. v. Imperial Fur Blending Corp. · 87 N.J. Eq. 564 - Soper v. Bilder · Hughes v. Eureka Flint & Spar Co. · Pfender v. Pfender
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“fair and reasonable in its terms, and freely agreed to by the client after mature deliberation, with full knowledge of the situation, should not be carved away by the court except in an entirely clear case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ Tn computing what is reasonable compensation (for an attorney) many elements must be taken into account. There is no yardstick by which the value of legal services can be measured; no rate per diem or percentages can be employed with justice to both parties. The legal ability of the attorney, the amount of work which he does, the skill with which he does it, and, of much importance, the amount involved, and the success of his efforts. There may also be considered the contingency that in case he is unsuccessful he will receive nothing * *”
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.