Leo R. Fountila, Jr. v. Mary E. Carter’s Empirical Analysis
571 F.2d 487 · 1978
Citation profile
73 federal appellate · 6 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 105 later decisions — most recently January 2018 · most notably 100 Wash. 2d 581 - Bowers v. Transamerica Title Insurance (1983), McCann v. Coughlin (1983)
73 federal appellate · 6 district · 3 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 Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Curtis v. Loether · Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer 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 105 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the evidence permits only one reasonable conclusion as to the verdict.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“clearly unsupported by the evidence or grossly excessive, monstrous, or shocking to the conscience.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) The time and labor required.... (2) The novelty and difficulty of the questions.... (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.... (6) Whether the fee is fixed or contingent.... (7) Time limitations imposed by the client or the circumstances.... (8) The amount involved and the results obtained.... (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
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.