Gerstbauer v. Styers’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
January 2018
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Aronson v. Price · Gregg v. Cooper · Dedelow v. Pucalik · Order for Mandate of Funds Montgomery County Council v. Milligan · Walton v. Claybridge Homeowners Ass'n, Inc.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[ilt is well established that parties are permitted to enter into agreements containing fee-shifting provisions as long as the provision does not violate public policy. The purpose of allowing an award of attorneys' fees pursuant to an agreement is to more fully compensate a party who has successfully enforced his legal rights in court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Christy v. Sebo“In defending himself against [the lessee's] action, [the lessor] relied upon-and sought to have the trial court give effect to-the provision of the lease that permitted him to retain [the lessee's] property in the event of [the lessee's] default.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“'Each party shall pay the other party's reasonable legal costs and attorney's fees incurred in successfully enforcing against the other party any covenant, term or condition of this Lease,”
1 later decision 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.