Holmes v. Loveless’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 122 Wash. 2d 371 - Yakima County (West Valley) Fire Protection District No. 12 v. City of Yakima · 118 Wash. 2d 451 - Eriks v. Denver · Matter of Swartz · 118 Wash. 2d 852 - Ski Acres, Inc. v. Kittitas County · State v. Kirkpatrick
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) The time and labor required, the novelty and difficulty of the questions involved, the skill requisite to perform the legal service properly and the terms of the fee agreement between the lawyer and client; (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 legal services[;] (4) The amount involved in the matter on which legal services are rendered 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 agreement or confirming writing demonstrates that the client had received a reasonable and fair disclosure of material elements of the fee agreement and of the lawyer's billing practices.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A lawyer who is representing a client in a matter .. . . [s]hall not, while representing a client in connection with contemplated or pending litigation, advance or guarantee financial assistance to his or her client.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the excessive fee and business transaction provisions overlap when attorneys and clients use business transactions as compensation for legal services”
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.