reasonable compensation
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 372 U.S. 633 - Wolf v. Weinstein · 1963Most cited · 470 citing opinions
reasonable' compensation for services 'necessarily implies loyal and disinterested service in the interest of those for whom the claimant purported to act.
How often courts cite the cases defining “reasonable compensation”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “reasonable compensation” — 860 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases 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.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1940–1963
- ORIGINAL
The provision for allowance of 'reasonable compensation' for 'services rendered' necessarily implies 'loyal and disinterested service in the interest of the persons' for whom the claimant purported to act.