McMullen v. Schultz’s Empirical Analysis

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5 district ·

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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) [T]he time and labor required; (2) the novelty and difficulty of the questions presented by the case; (3) the skill requisite to perform the legal service properly; (4) the preclusion of other employment by the attorney due to acceptance of the case; (5) the customary fee for similar work in the community; (6) whether the fee is fixed or contingent; (7) time pressures imposed by the client or the circumstances; (8) the amount involved and results obtained as a result of the attorneys’ services; (9) the experience, reputation and ability of the attorneys; .(10) the “undesirability” of the case; (11) the nature and length of the professional relationship with the client; (12) awards in similar cases.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Carpaneda v. Domino's Pizza, Inc.

2. “There is no indication in the record, however, that Att’y Schultz ever advised the Debtor during the course of the proceedings of the exorbitant attorneys’ fees that would be incurred in connection with the recovery of those benefits for the Debtor’s estate. If, for example, he had produced correspondence warning her that she might incur fees that approached the amount of her recovery and she did not demur, then the ultimate award of fees would be more reasonable. In the absence of such correspondence, however, the extent of the attorney’s work product was unjustified.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McMullen v. Schultz