Fryar v. Johnsen’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
2 district · 140 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 144 later decisions — most recently November 2012 · most notably Sanchez v. Homestake Mining Co. (1985), Woodson v. Phillips Petroleum Co. (1985)
2 district · 140 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 Elsea v. Broome Furniture Co. · Adams v. Loffland Brothers Drilling Company · Genuine Parts Co. v. Garcia · Marez v. Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corp. · Trujillo v. Tanuz
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 144 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n addition to the statutory requirements, the following factors are subject to consideration: [1] the chilling effect of miserly fees upon the ability of an injured workman to obtain adequate representation; [2] the time and effort expended by the attorney; [3] the extent to which the issues were contested; [4] the novelty and complexity of the issues involved; [5] the fees normally charged in the locality for similar legal services; [6] the ability, experience, skill and reputation of the attorney; [7] the relative success of the workman in the court proceeding; [8] the amount involved; and [9] the rate of inflation.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“* * * Further, we reiterate the need for evidentiary support for fees awarded by a trial court. Trujillo, supra. [Emphasis added.] [ 93 N.M. 488 , 601 P.2d 718 .]”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) the time and labor required, the novelty and difficulty of the questions involved and the skill requisite to perform the legal service properly; (3) the fee customarily charged in the locality for similar legal services; (4) the amount involved and the results obtained; (5) the time limitations imposed by the client or by the circumstances; (7) the experience, reputation and ability of the lawyer or lawyers performing the services;”
2 later decisions 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.