430 So. 2d 711 - Fowler v. Jordan’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently January 2017
1 federal appellate · 12 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.
Relationships
Relies on Saucier v. Hayes Dairy Products, Inc. · 378 So. 2d 423 - SINGER HUNTER LEVINE, ETC. v. La. State Bar Ass'n · 313 So. 2d 371 - Smith v. Westside Transit Lines, Inc. · Simon v. Metoyer · 293 So. 2d 216 - Guilbeau v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] fee is clearly excessive when, after a review of the facts, a lawyer of ordinary prudence would be left with a definite and firm conviction that the fee is in excess of a reasonable fee. Factors to be considered as guides in determining the reasonableness of a fee include the following: (1) The time and labor required, the novelty and difficulty of the questions involved, and the skill requisite to perform the legal service properly. (2) The likelihood, if apparent to the client, that the acceptance of the particular employment will preclude other employment by the lawyer. (3) The fee customarily charged in the locality for similar legal services. (4) The amount involved and the results obtained. (5) The time limitations imposed by the client or by the circumstances. (6) The nature and length of the professional relationship with the client. (7) The experience, reputation, and ability of the lawyer or lawyers performing the services. (8) Whether the fee is fixed or contingent.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“It is expressly within the province of the appellate courts of this state, moreover, to scrutinize and regulate attorney-client relations, and prevent the imposition of unjust fees. La. Const. Art. 5 [Section] 5(B)(1974); Singer Hutner Levine Seeman & Stuart v. Louisiana State Bar Ass'n, 378 So.2d 423 (La.1979); Saucier v. Hayes Dairy Products, supra .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The determination of an attorney's legal compensation under a quantum meruit analysis is predicated upon an evaluation of the facts in the record and an application of the criteria listed in Disciplinary Rule 2-106(B) of the Code of Professional Responsibility.”
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.