Graves v. Sommerfeld’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
February 1992
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In Re King's Estate · Gulf Paving Co. v. Lofstedt · Sanderson v. Sanderson · Gateley v. Humphrey · Davis Bumper to Bumper, Inc. v. American Petrofina Co. of Texas
Most-quoted passages
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“It is in the province of the jury to determine what is the reasonable value of an attorney’s services, and the jury may take into consideration the facts before them in relation to the services rendered, as well the estimates of their value made by the attorneys who testified.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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