reasonable compensation for services rendered
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 312 U.S. 262 - Woods v. City Nat Bank & Trust Co of Chicago · 1941Most cited · 952 citing opinions
reasonable compensation for services rendered necessarily implies loyal and disinterested service in the interest of those for whom the claimant purported to act. Where a claimant, who represented members of the investing public, was serving more than one master or was subject to conflicting interests, he should be denied compensation.
How often courts cite the case defining “reasonable compensation for services rendered”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “reasonable compensation for services rendered” — 937 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.