Sappington v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently June 2014 · most notably Kenneth Lee Baker v. General Motors Corporation,/appellant. in Re: General Motors Corporation. (2000), MacKe Laundry Service Ltd. Partnership v. Jetz Service Co. (1996)
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 17 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 Jakobleff v. Cerrato, Sweeney & Cohn · 409 So. 2d 1111 - Hamilton v. Hamilton Steel Corp. · 14 Ariz. App. 266 - Aritex Land Company v. Baker · Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Roussin · Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Fink
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[UJnder Missouri law, the attorney-client relationship is an agency relationship governed by the same rules which apply to other agencies. Generally, the fact or scope of agency cannot be established by extra judicial admissions, but, that rule does not extend to the sworn testimony of the alleged agent. An agent may testify both as to the fact and to the nature and extent of his authority, where it rests in parol. [[Image here]] An attorney can testify as to his authority to settle, since such communication is not within the pale of protection of the privilege. The authority of the attorney, like that of any agent, may be established by the attorney and his testimony in that regard is admissible to prove the agency and the nature and scope of his authority to sign the agreement in question.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The authority of the attorney, like that of any agent, may be established by the attorney and his testimony in that regard is admissible to prove the agency and the nature and seope of his authority to sign the agreement in question.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Owen v. Hankins“An attorney can testify as to his authority to settle, since such communication is not within the pale of the protection of the privilege.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Owen v. Hankins
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.