Heldreth v. Rahimian’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson · Blum v. Stenson · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Blanchard v. Bergeron
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“‘[T]he trial [court] ... is vested with a wide discretion in determining the amount of ... court costs and counsel fees; and the trial [court’s] ... determination of such matters will not be disturbed upon appeal to this Court unless it clearly appears that [it] has abused [its] discretion.’ Syl. Pt. 3, in part, Bond v. Bond, 144 W.Va. 478 , 109 S.E.2d 16 (1959).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“none of the rules concerning the award of a "reasonable fee” under a fee shifting' statute impairs the right of lawyer and client to make a private fee arrangement.... it is perfectly appropriate for lawyer and client to enter into the standard contingency contract. Depending on the terms of the contract, "reasonable attorneys’ fees” can either be taken as a credit toward the lawyer’s contingent share or they can be added to the gross award and the total sum split—typically two-thirds for the plaintiff and one-third for the lawyer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“The preferred method in this Court's opinion, and apparently the general trend, is to utilize the former approach where the statutory fee award is used to offset the amount the complainant owes to counsel under the contingency fee award.” Heldreth v. Rahimian, 219 W.Va. 462 , 472 n.16, 637 S.E.2d 359 , 369 n.16 (2006). 8 . The circuit court’s final order simply states that it”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.