Olson v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
October 1983
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Crncevich v. Georgetown Recreation Corporation · Miller v. Fox · Fulton v. Clark · Merritt v. Merritt · Engebretson v. Putnam
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the result of the negotiations between an attorney and his client as to their fee agreement is not controlling in fixing a reasonable attorney fee to assess against an opposing party”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“disapprove[d] of an award of attorney fees based on this type of documentation”
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.