Browder v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 state decisions

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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(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 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.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 960 So. 2d 379 - Ford Motor Co. v. Tennin · 917 So. 2d 125 - Patterson v. Holleman

2. “[t]he reasonableness of an attorney's fee award is determined by reference to the factors set forth in Rule 1.5 of the Mississippi Rules of Professional Conduct”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 912 So. 2d 436 - Bellsouth Personal Communications, LLC v. Board of Sup'rs of Hinds Cty. · 917 So. 2d 125 - Patterson v. Holleman

3. “[t]he trial judge should reconsider this issue in light of the McKee factors and support a new award ... based on findings of fact and conclusions of law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 912 So. 2d 436 - Bellsouth Personal Communications, LLC v. Board of Sup'rs of Hinds Cty. · 910 So. 2d 486 - Mabus v. Mabus