Watkins v. Sedberry’s Empirical Analysis
261 U.S. 571 · 1923
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 9 district · 15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 105 later decisions (10 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2019 · most notably Adkins v. E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. (1948), Brown v. Gerdes (1944)
37 federal appellate · 9 district · 15 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedStokes v. Sedberry (from Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Sarah Boone v. William Chiles · Globe Bank & Trust Co. of Paducah v. Martin · Roberts v. Cooper · Burnes v. Scott · Peck v. Heurich
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 105 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The validity of the contract between the trustee and attorney is first to be considered. . . . The amount of attorney’s fees to be charged against the estate as an expense of administration is subject to the examination and approval of the court. § 62a, Bankruptcy Act. In re Stotts, 93 F. 438, 439 ; Davidson & Co. v. Friedman, 140 F. 853 , 72 C.C.A. 553 ; Page v. Rogers, 149 F. 194, 195 , 79 C.C.A. 153 . The trustee was not authorized so to dispose of property of the estate. The amount claimed under the contract is grossly excessive. The contract is invalid. [Emphasis added]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The evidence is sufficient to support the allowance made in the District Court of $7,500 as reasonable compensation for the services of the attorney for the trustee.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Barceloux“The making of the contract was not malum in se. The attorney's right to fair and reasonable compensation is not forfeited. [Citing cases.]”
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.