Weaver v. Laub’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently June 2025
21 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 157 Cal. App. 2d 330 - O'CONNELL v. Zimmerman · Winer v. Jonal Corporation · Cheney v. Ricks · 34 Mich. App. 626 - Wells v. Whinery · 101 N.J. Eq. 347 - Henn v. Clifford J. Heath, Inc.
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1) All actions performed in his/her legal capacity were performed in good faith. 2) The work for which a fee is sought was necessary, reasonable, and beneficial to the estate. [In proving these criteria, the attorney must present a written itemization of all services performed which must include an indication of the time spent to perform each service and an explanation concerning why each itemized service was necessary. The itemization presented for the court's scrutiny must be specific and attested to under oath.] 3) The fee does not equal more than the statutory commission granted an executor pursuant to 58 O.S. 1981 § 527. [12] 4) The attorney has performed his legal services in compliance with the Code of Professional Responsibility, Ethical Considerations and Disciplinary Rules of the Oklahoma Bar Association, particularly those standards which provide that the attorney must: avoid even the appearance of professional impropriety; exercise independent professional judgment on behalf of the client; withdraw from legal representation of the estate if a conflict arises; and set fees which are reasonable. [13]”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[T] he party, being an attorney, gives the professional time, knowledge, and experience in the conducting or defense of his suit, which he would otherwise have to pay an attorney for rendering. It can make no difference to the defeated party, who is by law bound to pay the costs of the prevailing party, or a fixed equivalent under the Code for it, whether that attorney is the prevailing party himself or another attorney employed by him. The plaintiff, like any other professional man, is paid for his time and services, and if he renders them in the management and trial of his own cause it may amount to as much pecuniary loss or damage to him as if he paid another attorney for doing it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“request that the attorney fees and expenses of th[e] appeal be awarded and taxed among the parties according to their respective interests in an amount to be determined by the trial court[.]”
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.