O'CONNOR v. King’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
August 2006
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In the Interest of A.D. · 7 Kan. App. 2d 495 - Kristek v. Catron · Tri-State Refining & Investment Co. v. Apaloosa Co. · Brown v. Fowler · Lowe v. Steele Construction Co.
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As a rule, attorney fees may only be awarded by contract or when explicitly authorized by statute.”
2 later decisions 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.