Williamson v. Middleton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

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.

1. “Q. Has Mr. Middleton incurred any attorney’s fees from this representation? A. No, technically, he hasn’t because we don’t have a fee agreement with Mr. Middleton. We talked about this with Mr. Middleton to begin with and we decided that we would try to help him collect the monies due him and at the end of the case, we would talk about a fee. So we don’t have a fee agreement with him. But some day, he might pay us a fee. Right now, he has no obligation at this point if there is no agreement. He might feel a moral obligation. And when we talk at the end of the case, he will have the final say.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williamson & Co. v. Middleton

2. “While Parham’s testimony ... could be interpreted to mean Middleton would never be required to pay a fee, it also indicates that “at the end of the case, [Middleton and his attorneys] would talk about a fee.” [The trial court] adopted this latter interpretation....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williamson & Co. v. Middleton