Harline v. Barker

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reversing grant of summary judgment for defendant attorneys because a reasonable juror could have found that attorneys breached duty to Harline by failing to ask him about court orders needing attention or to investigate ongoing bankruptcy proceedings
• “The duty of [an attorney] [is] to represent [a client] with ‘competence and diligence.’”
• enumerating elements of legal malpractice based on negligence
• \Proximate cause is an issue of fact.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Harline v. Barker
  Utah Supreme Court· 1996-02-14· cited 98×
• GeoMetWatch v. Behunin
  Tenth Circuit· 2022-06-29· cited 75×
• Kilpatrick v. Wiley, Rein & Fielding
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1996-01-05· cited 50×
• Christensen & Jensen, P.C. v. Barrett & Daines
  Utah Supreme Court· 2008-09-16· cited 41×
• Giles v. Mineral Resources International, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2014-10-30· cited 21×
• Julie Iacono v. Bret B. Hicken
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2011-11-03· cited 10×
• Kirkham v. McConkie
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2018-06-01· cited 8×
• Nielsen v. Lebaron
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2023-03-23· cited 5×
• Kerby v. Moab Valley Healthcare, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2015-11-19· cited 3×
• Williams v. Brentwood Farmers Market, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1998-12-31· cited 2×

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Lucas v. Hamm
  California Supreme Court· 1961-09-05· cited 444×
• Ginsburg v. Stern
  Supreme Court· 1962-02-19· cited 117×
• Tony & Susan Alamo Foundation v. Martin
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-22· cited 60×
• State v. Marshall
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1990-04-18· cited 56×
• Butterfield v. Okubo
  Utah Supreme Court· 1992-04-07· cited 55×
• CECO Corp. v. Concrete Specialists, Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1989-04-11· cited 48×
• In Re Wesley G. Harline, Debtor. David L. Gladwell, Trustee v. Wesley G. Harline
  Tenth Circuit· 1991-12-05· cited 43×
• Wycalis v. Guardian Title of Utah
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1989-08-29· cited 43×
• Milliner v. Elmer Fox and Co.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1974-12-10· cited 42×
• Breuer-Harrison, Inc. v. Combe
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1990-09-24· cited 29×
• Jackson v. Dabney
  Utah Supreme Court· 1982-03-18· cited 27×
• State v. Lawson
  Utah Supreme Court· 1984-08-27· cited 22×
• Robinson v. Intermountain Health Care, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1987-07-21· cited 21×
• Atkinson v. IHC Hospitals, Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1990-07-03· cited 19×
• Brown v. Small
  Montana Supreme Court· 1992-01-28· cited 15×
• Dunn v. McKay, Burton, McMurray & Thurman
  Utah Supreme Court· 1978-09-15· cited 15×
• Williams v. Barber
  Utah Supreme Court· 1988-11-28· cited 15×
• Heglar Ranch, Inc. v. Stillman
  Utah Supreme Court· 1980-11-12· cited 12×
• Young v. Bridwell
  Utah Supreme Court· 1968-02-20· cited 10×
• Swift Stop, Inc. v. Wight
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1992-12-18· cited 7×