597 So. 2d 439 - STATE, DOTD v. Williamson’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 131 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 142 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably Steptore v. Masco Const. Co., Inc. (1994), 850 So. 2d 686 - Corbello v. Iowa Production (2003)
3 federal appellate · 131 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 421 So. 2d 216 - Leenerts Farms, Inc. v. Rogers · 498 So. 2d 1081 - Moody v. Arabie · 500 So. 2d 397 - City of Baton Rouge v. Stauffer Chemical Co. · 572 So. 2d 39 - State Through DOTD v. Estate of Davis · 475 So. 2d 1082 - Huddleston v. Bossier Bank and Trust 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 142 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the ultimate result obtained; (2) the responsibility incurred; (3) the importance of the litigation; (4) amount of money involved; (5) extent and character of the work performed; (6) legal knowledge, attainment, and skill of the attorneys; (7) number of appearances made; (8) intricacies of the facts involved; (9) diligence and skill of counsel; and (10) the court’s own knowledge.”
44 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a) A lawyer’s fee shall be reasonable. The factors to be considered 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; and (8) Whether the fee is fixed or contingent.”
9 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.