O'CONNELL v. Will’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
May 2020
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Rockstad v. Erikson · Hughes v. Foster Wheeler Co. · Reid v. Williams · Keller v. French · Western Pioneer, Inc. v. Harbor Enterprises, Inc.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“where a contract between the parties allows for one party to recover attorney's fees in the event of litigation, the contract provision must prevail”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“where the parties intend it, contractual attorney's fees clauses must be construed as calling for fee shifting at all [court] levels,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“contractual attorney's fees clauses ... [also] provide for attorney's fees incurred during post-judgment enforcement proceedings”
1 later decision 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.