Faulkner v. Farnsworth’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
March 2016
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Management Services Corp. v. Development Associates · Turtle Management, Inc. v. Haggis Management, Inc. · Faulkner v. Farnsworth · Trayner v. Cushing · Jones v. Hinkle
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The contractual language does not award attorney fees to the prevailing party who succeeds in enforcing the agreement, but against the defaulting party whose default necessitates enforcement. As neither party was held in default, neither was entitled to attorney fees.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[other jurisdictions have held the award of attorney fees improper in disputes dealing with the declaration of rights and obligations under contract, where the contractual language restricted the award to curing default or breach or to enforcing the payment of rent or other provisions of a lease.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“If [recoverable] by contract, the award of attorney's fees is allowed only in accordance with the terms of the contract.”
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.