O'BRIEN v. Seyer’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
83 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently December 2018 · most notably A-G Foods, Inc. v. Pepperidge Farm, Inc. (1990), Champagne v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. (1989)
83 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 Ledgebrook Condominium Assn., Inc. v. Lusk Corporation · Jacobs v. Goodspeed · Schenck v. Pelkey · 30 Ill. 2d 73 - Pocius v. Halvorsen · Gorczyca v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The trial court has the inherent power to set aside a jury verdict which, in the court's opinion, is either against the law or the evidence. . . . Pursuant to this power, the trial court has the right and duty to set aside a verdict as being excessive or inadequate.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) the time and labor required, the novelty and difficulty of the questions involved and the skill requisite to perform the legal service properly, (2) the likelihood, if apparent to the client, that the acceptance of the particular employment will preclude other employment by the lawyer; (3) the fee customarily charged in the locality for similar legal services; (4) the amount involved and the result obtained; (5) the time limitations imposed by the client or by the circumstances; (6) the nature and length of the professional relationship with the client; (7) the experience, reputation, and ability of the lawyer or lawyers performing the services; and (8) whether the fee is fixed or contingent."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“the relevant inquiry is whether the verdict falls within the necessarily uncertain limits of fair and reasonable compensation or whether it so shocks the conscience as to compel the conclusion that it was due to partiality, prejudice, or mistake.”
2 later decisions 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.